Quote by Ed Catmull

“Approach making changes to a complex system with extreme caution: what you get may be the opposite of what you expect.”

— Josh Kaufman

“The systems-thinking lens allows us to reclaim our intuition about whole systems and • hone our abilities to understand parts, • see interconnections, •…

— Donella H. Meadows

“It is always easier to destroy a complex system than to selectively alter it.”

— Roby James

“This is the reality of operating complex systems; no single person can see the whole system and understand how all the pieces fit together.”

— Gene Kim

When you have large systems, it becomes almost impossible to make even very simple changes.

— James Gosling

“The key to creating a successful system is to make it as uncomplicated as possible.”

— Geralin Thomas

As you deal with more and more complex systems, it becomes harder and harder to find deep and interesting properties.

— Noam Chomsky

One of the great enemies of design is when systems or objects become more complex than a person - or even a team of…

— Bran Ferren

Dangers lurk in all systems. Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the…

— Frank Herbert

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

“When we have a tightly-coupled architecture, small changes can result in large scale failures. As”

— Gene Kim

“Ask yourself, “When do I need to see what, in what form, to get it off my mind?” You build a system for function,…

— David Allen