murrayjones54 Man is driven to create; I know I really love to create things. And while I'm not good at painting, drawing, or music, I can write software.

dongklein22 I believe that the purpose of life is, at least in part, to be happy. Based on this belief, Ruby is designed to make programming not only easy but also fun. It allows you to concentrate on the creative side of programming, with less stress.

annmarieking8 I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python.

morganyundt47 Smart people underestimate the ordinarity of ordinary people.