These machines have no common sense; they have not yet learned to "think," and they do exactly as they are told, no more and no less. This fact is the hardest concept to grasp when one first tries to use a computer.
Donald KnuthThe whole thing that makes a mathematicianโs life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four colleagues.
Donald KnuthWe should continually be striving to transform every art into a science: in the process, we advance the art.
Donald Knuth