Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

Complexity is the enemy of clarity

— Andy Stanley

“The paradox of illuminating complexity is that it is inherently difficult to do so without erasing all of the nuance.”

— David Shenk

“Every man, knowing to the smallest detail all the complexity of the conditions surrounding him, involuntarily assumes that the complexity of these conditions and…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Abstraction is the elimination of the irrelevant and the amplification of the essential.”

— Robert C. Martin

“When being objective, we can transcend and look back at our constructs with powerful clarity; instead of looking through them, which can give a…

— Jay Woodman

“Beyond the feeble capacity of words. Defying the banality of description.”

— Penny Reid

“Simplicity may be simple, but like complexity it requires linguistic precision, and may therefore call for relatively obscure expressions at times.”

— John White

We allow words to obscure the interpretation of the deeper meaning.

— Stephen Young

“The epitome of sophistication is utter simplicity.”

— Maya Angelou

“..humans love complexity of thought. This they pursue on the totally baseless assumption that complexity indicates profundity or truth.”

— Walter Martin

“The valuable capacity of the human mind to simplify a complex situation in a compact characterization becomes dangerous when not controlled in terms of…

— Sidin Vadukut

“Progress is in simplification, which often follows complexity.”

— Pearl Zhu