Ivan Sutherland Quotes & Sayings

A display connected to a digital computer gives us a chance to gain familiarity with concepts not realizable in the physical world. It is a looking glass into a mathematical wonderland. — Ivan Sutherland

The cinema camera doesn't make movies; it allows movies to be made. It's the creative people who make it real to people. — Ivan Sutherland

It's not an idea until you write it down. — Ivan Sutherland

There are about a dozen great computer graphics people and Jim Blinn is six of them. — Ivan Sutherland

The screen is a window through which one sees a virtual world. The challenge is to make that world look real, act real, sound real, feel real. — Ivan Sutherland

I just need to figure out how things work. — Ivan Sutherland

It's very satisfying to take a problem we thought difficult and find a simple solution. The best solutions are always simple. — Ivan Sutherland

Knowledge is a rare thing
you gain by giving it away. — Ivan Sutherland