Donald Knuth - Art Quotes

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Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.

Donald Knuth

To summarize: We have seen that computer programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because it produces objects of beauty. A programmer who subconsciously views himself as an artist will enjoy what he does and will do it better. Therefore we can be glad that people who lecture at computer conferences speak of the state of the Art.

Donald Knuth

Science is knowledge which we understand so well that we can teach it to a computer; and if we don't fully understand something, it is an art to deal with it.

Donald Knuth

In this sense, we should continually be striving to transform every art into a science: in the process, we advance the art.

Donald Knuth

The difference between art and science is that science is what people understand well enough to explain to a computer. All else is art.

Donald Knuth