The Code & Art Portfolio of Eric Stiens
Code
The best programs are written so that computing machines can perform them quickly and so that human beings can understand them clearly. A programmer is ideally an essayist who works with traditional aesthetic and literary forms as well as mathematical concepts...
(Donald Knuth)
Art
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
(Picasso)
Magic
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper
(W.B. Yeats)
Advice
Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people...
(Walt Whitman)
Science
For such a model there is no need to ask the question "Is the model true?". If "truth" is to be the "whole truth" the answer must be "No". The only question of interest is "Is the model illuminating and useful?"
(George Box)