"I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design."
-Yukihiro Matsumoto
DesignView Quote
"Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually.“
-Yukihiro Matsumoto
posted in Design
Other Quotes by Yukihiro Matsumoto
Discover more inspiring quotes by Yukihiro Matsumoto
"How sweet it is!"
-Jackie Gleason
Migrate3View Quote
"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."
-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Migrate3View Quote
"It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week."
-Laurence J. Peter
Migrate3View Quote
"I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic."
-Will Estes
Migrate3View Quote
"Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do."
-Anna Held
Migrate3View Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Design must seduce, shape, and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response."
-April Greiman
DesignView Quote
"I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where I'd like to stay."
-Jimmy Choo
DesignView Quote
"I'm an artist. So if acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'm probably going to go into graphic design or something like that."
-Gabriel Basso
DesignView Quote
"We want people to realize you are at a design school, not a land grant college. The way we look says a great deal about who we are."
-James Hall
DesignView Quote
"As an architect, I learned to think and express myself on flat forms, on paper, and to imagine the contour of the lines of a design."
-Gianfranco Ferre
DesignView Quote
"The design of a dress, furniture, a house, a room, a street and a city are all the same process."
-Gianfranco Ferre
DesignView Quote