To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.

Quote by Larry Wall

Topics: Larry Wall Quotes

I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart...

I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart...

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and...

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and...

When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be...

When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be...

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism...

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism...

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's...

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's...

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers...

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers...

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents,...

If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents,...

The problems that I really like to solve are our cultural problems.

The problems that I really like to solve are our cultural problems.

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.

I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's...

I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's...

One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different...

One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different...

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

Perl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated...

Perl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated...

I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.

I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.

I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing,...

I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing,...

Programmers can be lazy.

Programmers can be lazy.

I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's...

I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's...

Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is...

Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is...

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all...

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all...