Complexity Quotes

613 quotes by 504 authors

I will help-but only so much, only so far. It is not that I believe these children are less than my own. It is not… — Sharman Apt Russell
A primary cause of complexity is that software vendors uncritically adopt almost any feature that users want. — Niklaus Wirth
Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication, which is baffling -- the incomprehensible should cause suspicion rather than admiration. — Niklaus Wirth
Fate loves to invent patterns and designs. Its difficulty lies in complexity. But life itself is difficult because of its simplicity. It has only a… — Rainer Maria Rilke
What is to be sought in designs for the display of information is the clear portrayal of complexity. Not the complication of the simple; rather… — Edward Tufte
Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. — David Gelernter
We only have to look around us to see how complexity ... and psychic "temperature" are still rising: and rising no longer on the scale… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity. — Christopher Zeeman
Correlation across replicated environments adds a whole new dimension of complexity of the environment, ... You would expect most application groups to have the same… — Andrew Bird
It is the people who figure out how to work simply in the present, rather than the people who mastered the complexities of the past,… — Clay Shirky
Usually, in romantic comedies, you end up sacrificing a great deal of the complexity - you know, just two attractive people and a good soundtrack. — Timothy Olyphant
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. — Alan Perlis
Avoiding complexity reduces bugs. — Linus Torvalds
We don't know nearly enough about the complexities of Nature. If we think we can eliminate natural ecosystems and substitute prosthetic devices, i.e. clean air… — E. O. Wilson
Today's complexities demand greater simplicity. — L. Tom Perry
The people I recommend the iPhone 4S for are the ones who are already in the Mac world, because itâ€™s so compatible, and people who… — Steve Wozniak
I feel most peopleâ€™s sexuality is enormously complicated. Thatâ€™s what it means to be human. Wouldnâ€™t it be great if we honored that complexity rather… — Janet Jackson
In the future, the great division will be between those who have trained themselves to handle these complexities and those who are overwhelmed by them… — Robert Greene
A bleak, black book, it engenders awe and despair. I have read it in its entirety 4 1/2 times, each time finding its resonance and… — Michael Silverblatt
In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity — Gyorgy Ligeti

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