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

— Donald Knuth Foreword to the book A=B (1996)

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

Computer Programming as an Art (1974)

The sun comes up just about as often as it goes down, in the long run, but this doesn't make its motion random.

The Art of Computer Programming (1968)

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.

I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.

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Henri Poincaré Science and Hypothesis (1901)

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