I dislike "beautiful" as a description because it means different things to different people. I've seen a similar, narrower claim before: > Easy-to-change code

I dislike "beautiful" as a description because it means different things to different people. I've seen a similar, narrower claim before: > Easy-to-change code tends to be changed. Hard-to-change code tends to endure. Thus, a codebase tends to become harder to change over time. I can't recall exactly where I saw that version, but I like it better. It's more clear what it means and why it's true.