Complexity Quotes

613 quotes by 504 authors

Avoid complexities. Make everything as simple as possible. — Henry Maudslay
Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort. — Edward de Bono
Every application has an inherent amount of irreducible complexity. The only question is who will have to deal with it, the user or the developer… — Larry Tesler
Complexity is acceptable as long as it is intelligible and necessary. We want to avoid needless complications. — Donald A. Norman
In a single sentence the moral is: admit that complexity always increases, first from the model you fit to the data, thence to the model… — John Tukey
The price we pay for the complexity of life is too high. When you think of all the effort you have to put in -telephonic,… — Jean Baudrillard
What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful . . . Great designers also pursue a mission. Great… — Michelle Obama
In a learning organization, leaders are designers, stewards, and teachers. They are responsible for building organizations where people continually expand their capabilities to understand complexity,… — Peter Senge
If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity. Instead of being an individual, they are a… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity. — Henry Louis Gates
A self that is only differentiated - not integrated - may attain great individual accomplishments, but risks being mired in self-centered egotism. By the same… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
We are in an age of religious complexity. The simplicity which is in Christ is rarely found among us. In its stead are programs, methods,… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Cubism is not a manner but an aesthetic, and even a state of mind; it is therefore inevitably connected with every manifestation of contemporary thought.… — Juan Gris
Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is… — Eric S. Raymond
Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. — David Gelernter
Death makes me realize how deeply I have internalized the agnosticism I preach in all my books. I consider dogmatic belief and dogmatic denial very… — Robert Anton Wilson
The Structure of Magic I by Richard Bandler and John Grinder is a delightful simplification of the infinite complexities of the language I use with… — Milton H. Erickson
What is the alternative to understanding the complexity of the world? — Atul Gawande
Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple. — Richard Branson
When you're first thinking through an idea, it's important not to get bogged down in complexity. Thinking simply and clearly is hard to do. — Richard Branson

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