Some more quotes taken from http://typicalprogrammer.com/what-does-code-readability-mean that you might find interesting.

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. – Martin Fowler

Just because people tell you it can’t be done, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it can’t be done. It just means that they can’t do it. – Anders Hejlsberg

The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do, but how to behave when we don’t know what to do. – John Holt

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. – Brian W. Kernighan

The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user. – C.A.R. Hoare

No one in the brief history of computing has ever written a piece of perfect software. It’s unlikely that you’ll be the first. – Andy Hunt