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title: "3 Complexity Simple Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [All propaganda or popularization involves a putting of the complex into the simple, but such a move is instantly not constructive. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-eagleton/all-propaganda-or-popularization-involves-a-putting-of-the-complex/)

[Terry Eagleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-eagleton/)

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> [A lot of films mistake convolutedness for complexity. To me, a simple story can be a powerful spine to build around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/panos-cosmatos/a-lot-of-films-mistake-convolutedness-for-complexity-to-me-a-simple/)

[Panos Cosmatos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/panos-cosmatos/)

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> [My take is that the kind of complexity which says we can always generate complexity from simple interactions following for example rules.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/my-take-is-that-the-kind-of-complexity-which-says-we-can-always/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

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