Composer Quote by Brian Eno

“Once you master any system, you typically become blind to its flaws; even if you can see them, they appear far too complex and…

— Ed Catmull

Every composer understands and uses the system of notation differently, and that's what makes you appreciate the trouble they go through in doing so.

— Marc-Andre Hamelin

To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.

— Gustav Mahler

“System 1 is radically insensitive to both the quality and the quantity of the information that gives rise to impressions and intuitions.”

— Daniel Kahneman

“Systems Thinking is the discipline for discerning relationships and context that are not obvious.”

— Pearl Zhu

Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.

— James F. Cooper

The way we see is critical to understanding how others will read our compositions.

— Mike Svob

The belief that complex systems require armies of designers and programmers is wrong. A system that is not understood in its entirety, or at…

— Niklaus Wirth

I do feel as if my own music as quite flawed, and it's that frailty or lack of technical proficiency that goes hand-in-hand with…

— Justin Broadrick

There is a race between the increasing complexity of the systems we build and our ability to develop intellectual tools for understanding their complexity.…

— Leslie Lamport

When the boss chooses the system, we must play as well as possible and give everything. It is good to be able to use…

— Luka Modric

“...it is often the case that when things get really hairy, you want an experienced human being in control. The preference for algorithms over…

— Matthew B. Crawford