Complex systems Quote by David Parnas

My journey is technical complexity.

— Peter Wolf

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex…

— Edward de Bono

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.

— Brian Kernighan

Computer science doesn't know how to build complex systems that work reliably. This has been a well-understood problem since the very beginning of programmable…

— Matt Blaze

Complexity serves nothing but our ego. Be able to say what you do in a way that people can understand.

— Chris Brogan

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

The general problem with ambitious systems is complexity. [...] it is important to emphasize the value of simplicity and elegance, for complexity has a…

— Fernando J. Corbato

I love computer programmers. They have a very beautiful definition of complexity as 'the capacity to transmit the maximum information with the minimum data'.

— Bjarke Ingels

My goal is to simplify complexity.

— Jack Dorsey

There are forms of complexity in all people...Always update your state of mind.

— Anonymous

I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.

— Linus Torvalds

Complexity has and will maintain a strong fascination for many people. It is true that we live in a complex world and strive to…

— Niklaus Wirth