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Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics.

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  1. David Heinemeier Hansson

    Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals

    I mean, I think aesthetics is truth. When something is beautiful, it's likely to be correct. I think this is true in mathematics. This is true in physics. This is true in a lot of different domains that when you arrive at something that has the correct aesthetic quality.

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