A formula can be very simple, and create a universe of bottomless complexity. — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
“Simplicities are enormously complex. Consider the sentence "I love you".” — Richard O. Moore Copy Share Image
Women: such a beautiful creature to gaze upon, yet complex to figure out. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Participatory complexity may well be the key descriptor of the 21st century - in our economies, in our politics, and in our… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam. — William Westmoreland Copy Share Image
We can either change the complexities of life ... or develop ways that enable us to cope more effectively. — Herbert Benson Copy Share Image
The A.M.T. is much reviled by tax experts across the political spectrum for its unintended consequences and fiendish complexity. — James B. Stewart Copy Share Image
Redford builds a riveting, resonant political thriller that values the complexity of its characters and the intelligence of its audience. — Peter Travers Copy Share Image
I think the extreme complexity of medicine has become more than an individual clinician can handle. But not more than teams of… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
A lot of films mistake convolutedness for complexity. To me, a simple story can be a powerful spine to build around. — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
Our attention spans have become shorter because there are more and more claims upon them - more information, more complexity; more stories,… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I had seen cancer at a more cellular level as a researcher. The first time I entered the cancer ward, my first… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
Even in the deepest love relationship - when lovers say 'I love you' to each other - we don't really know what… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
You are the cutting edge of a thirteen billion year old process of defining novelty. Your acts matter. Your thoughts matter. Your… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Indeed, we have reached a level of complexity where simplicity itself is suspect. For example, the simple reality is that jobs migrate… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
The simplicity of photography lies in the fact that it is very easy to make a picture. The staggering complexity of it… — John Szarkowski Copy Share Image
I have problems with the violence and the torture on '24.' What I'm trying to say is that that's not the only… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
Nowadays theologians aren't quite so straightforward as Paley. They don't point to complex living mechanisms and say that they are self-evidently designed… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
What I like about mixing fiction and non-fiction is being able to fully explore an idea without being bound by genre. If… — Helen Humphreys Copy Share Image
I would say that Futurama: Bender's Big Score requires a lot of concentration to watch. It's a very complicated time-travel story. Part… — David X. Cohen Copy Share Image
You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
People look down on stuff like geography and meteorology, and not only because they're standing on one and being soaked by the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Sometimes the routes leading to feelings of anger are so convoluted and circuitous that it takes enormous skill to discern their original… — Theodore Isaac Rubin Copy Share Image
The capacity to tolerate complexity and welcome contradiction, not the need for simplicity and certainty, is the attribute of an explorer. Centuries… — Heinz Pagels Copy Share Image
Women face a lot of challenges every day - we have to stand firm in our walk and our intentions - but… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
Complexity control is the central problem of writing software in the real world — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
Natural species are the library from which genetic engineers can work. — Thomas Lovejoy Copy Share Image
