Alan Kay Quotes (10+)

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Born: Jan 01, 1970

The computer is simply an instrument whose music is ideas.

If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.

Context is worth 80 IQ points.

I made up the term 'object-oriented,' and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.

People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.

The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language.

A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible.

Technology is anything invented after you were born.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”

Alan Kay

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Alan Curtis Kay (born 1940) is an American computer scientist. He is best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface (GUI) design.