What is simplicity? Simplicity is the shortest path to a solution.

Each routine you read turns out to be pretty much what you expected. You can call it beautiful code when the code also makes it look like the language was made for the problem.

The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it's to post the wrong answer.

And then there are difficulties. Computers are famous for difficulties. A difficulty is just a blockage from progress. You have to try a lot of things. When you finally find what works, it doesn't tell you a thing. It won't be the same tomorrow. Getting the computer to work is so often dealing with difficulties.

I don't claim to be a methodologist, but I act like one only because I do methodology to protect myself from crazy methodologists.

The shortest path to exceeding expectations doesn't generally pass through meeting expectations.

There's been an awful lot of discussion about what is or isn't simple, and people have gotten a pretty sophisticated notion of simplicity, but I'm not sure it has helped.