Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

The purpose of software engineering is to control complexity, not to create it.

The crazier the theory, the more likely it is to be correct.

The purpose of software engineering is to control complexity, not to create it.

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code.