Donald Knuth Quotes

People can come to me, and no matter how expert they are, I can virtually always see a way of doing something better.

Don't reinvent the wheel, just realign it.

Part of the process is always, 'Is there a better way?' We try to think through if there's something we can do better creatively or technically, or just is more efficient.

There's always a better way to do something.

Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it's not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be.

Whether you're a programmer or a seamstress, it's all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster - but not worse.

It's always good to have a limit because it forces you to think about all the ways to get what you want.

You can put me in anything and I will make it better.

Finding a better way is all I do.

If you see something that doesn't make sense, ask. Change it. Think about dollars, think about your soldiers' time, think about efficiency.

I always try to find better ways to do things. Whether it's a game plan, a practice, a meeting, an interview, whatever it is. I'm going to find a way to find a way to analyze it and find a better way to do it. That's my mindset. I've never been satisfied with anything. That's just my mindset. I'm always trying to find a better way to do things.

We need to execute fewer things better.

When I look at other products, I naturally think of ways to improve upon what already exists.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

Ask yourself always: how can this be done better?

To become successful and outstanding at something, we don't have to come up with something new; we need only find ways of doing it better.

Take a human desire, preferably one that has been around for a really long time Identify that desire and use modern technology to take out steps.

There's no good idea that can't be improved on.

If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

Luxury, not necessity, is the mother of invention. Every artifact is somewhat wanting in its function, and that is what drives its evolution.

You can always improve on something, the technology is different today, but I would leave it well alone. If there was something that was incomplete, that might be interesting... because I do that on my website.

More is not necessarily better. Better is better.

Every game, and almost every life situation, has short cuts: ways you can get better without learning the entire literature of the game from beginning to end.

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.