Alan Kay Quotes

Alan Kay
Alan Kay
American Scientist
Born: May 17, 1940
Apple Me People Time World You
Related authors: Ben Carson Carl Sagan E. O. Wilson George Washington Carver Isaac Asimov Margaret Mead Neil deGrasse Tyson W. Edwards Deming
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Alan Kay
Future Best Invent Predict Way Best Way
Computer science inverts the normal. In normal science, you're given a world, and your job is to find out the rules. In computer science, you give the computer the rules, and it creates the world. Alan Kay
You Science World Job Computer Science Rules Out Find Give Given Computer Normal Creates Your
If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough. Alan Kay
Time You Enough Aiming High Percent Fail Least
Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. Alan Kay
Today Integrity Other Software Top Thousands Structural Brute Brute Force Pyramid Like Most Force Piled Very Done Egyptian Just Much Bricks Each Millions Slaves
It's hard to change information in books, but if we have everything online, then a somewhat untrustworthy group of people controlling the thing - which I think is what we have - gives us '1984.' Alan Kay
Change People Controlling Group Think Everything Books Online Gives Somewhat Information Which Then Us Hard Thing
Context is worth 80 IQ points. Alan Kay
Worth Points Context
Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal - a sort of 'voting' situation. But once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is. Alan Kay
People Voting Threshold Before Few Whatever Situation Believe Everyone Once Something Demands Reached Sort Becomes Normal Few People Quite Then
Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary. Alan Kay
World Tools Complementary Secretary Draw Having Write Well Read Does Intelligent Get Etc Agents Rid Need
All the companies I've worked for have this deep problem of devolving to something like the hunting and gathering cultures of 100,000 years ago. If businesses could find a way to invent 'agriculture,' we could put the world back together and all would prosper. Alan Kay
Together Problem World Agriculture Invent Gathering Back Way Hunting Would Find Something Could Put Prosper Like Years Years Ago Cultures Worked Businesses Companies Deep
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited. Alan Kay
Nature Technology Language Machine Computer Shaped Like Exploited Act
I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three. So I had read maybe 150 books by the time I hit 1st grade. And I already knew that the teachers were lying to me. Alan Kay
Time Me Age Three Lying Fluently Books Misfortune Had Knew Learn Read How Were Hit Grade Maybe Teachers Fortune Starting By The Time
As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984. Alan Kay
Time Few Every Joined Years Goes Different As Far As Far Company Apple
When I first got to Apple, which was in '84, the Mac was already out, and 'Newsweek' contacted me and asked me what I thought of the Mac. I said, 'Well, the Mac is the first personal computer good enough to be criticized.' Alan Kay
Good Me Thought First Enough Mac Out Criticized Computer Well Said Got Personal Which Newsweek Asked Apple

No more Alan Kay quotes

Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to Alan Kay.

About
Site pages
Top Quotes
Authors
Today's birthdays
Copyright © Quotesia 2025