Complexity Quotes

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 (programmer or engineer).

Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity.

The depth of any story is proportionate to the protagonist's commitment to their goal, the complexity of the problem, and the grace of the solution.

I may say that the only differences I expect to see revealed between the behavior of the rat and man (aside from enormous differences of complexity) lie in the field of verbal behavior.

Tax complexity itself is a kind of tax.

But considering that I walked in expecting no complexity at all, let alone the visual wonderments, "Snow White and the Huntsman" is a considerable experience.

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

The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.

In complexity, it is only simplicity that can be interesting.

My goal is to simplify complexity.

Make sure your message is clear, yet that you are faithful to its complexity.

Irreducible complexity is a problem for Darwinian evolution. Whenever we see these complex functional systems we realise that they have to be designed.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

I never knew anybody . . . who found life simple. I think a life or a time looks simple when you leave out the details.

The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.

Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider's web?

The opposite of simplicity is not complexity, but fragmentation and alienation.

Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.

I have a theory that kitchens, once they reach a certain level of complexity, attract new gadgets into their orbit, like planets. Only this can account for the fact that I own two melon ballers.

Increasing consciousness = increasing complexity.

... we are the products of our past. ... a web of complexities.

It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.

Artistic simplicity is more complex than artistic complexity for it arises via the simplification of the latter and against its backdrop or system.

The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.

And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.

Nature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity.

Personalities are like impressionistic paintings. At a distance, each person is 'all of a piece'; up close, each is a bewildering complexity of moods, cognitions, and motives.

Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film that aspire to the complexity of literary SF.

A designer God cannot be used to explain organized complexity because any God capable of designing anything would have to be complex enough to demand the same kind of explanation in his own right.

You need to bring your awakening into city life. Bring it into fast-paced complexity where it thrives.

For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have.

Every time we lose a species webreak a life chain which has evolved over 3.5 billion years.

Human nature has a tendency to admire complexity but reward simplicity.

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.

The fathers greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being.

Simplicity of expression rather than complexity of form.

The evolution of knowledge is toward simplicity, not complexity.

Our role as humans is to recognize the complexity of others.

This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.

What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful.

I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.

Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language.

The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome.

Dostoevsky was the first to reveal to us this teeming multiplicity of emotions, this complexity of our spiritual universe.

Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.

Complexity - limits competition.

There is no 'the truth,' 'a truth'--truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity.

Complexity is acceptable as long as it is intelligible and necessary. We want to avoid needless complications.

All of life in its complexity and beauty is forever minted in the gold of words.

The Mozilla project is big in terms of lines of code and complexity.