Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication, which is baffling -- the incomprehensible should cause suspicion rather than admiration.

The idea that one might derive satisfaction from his or her successful work, because that work is ingenious, beautiful, or just pleasing, has become ridiculed.

I have never designed a language for its own sake.

During the process of stepwise refinement, a notation which is natural to the problem in hand should be used as long as possible.

Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence.

Reliable and transparent programs are usually not in the interest of the designer.

Programs should be written and polished until they acquire publication quality.