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“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

People who say the system works work for the system.

— Russell Brand

“The purpose of a system is what it does.”

— Stafford Beer

“Master programmers think of systems as stories to be told rather than programs to be written.”

— Robert C. Martin

Metaphor is one of a group of problem-solving medicines known as figures of speech which are normally used to treat literal thinking and other…

— Grant Morrison

“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what the volume…

— Umberto Eco

“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

“most software- or systems-development projects start out without a context diagram, blissfully unaware that they need one.”

— Michael Jesse Chonoles

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.

— M. H. Abrams

“A metaphor is not merely a linguistic expression (a form of words) used for artistic or rhetorical purposes; instead, it is a process of…

— Mark Johnson

Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.

— James Geary

“Metaphors introduce symbolic elements that add layers of meaning and depth to how characters feel in any given situation.”

— Calvin Niles