Complexity Quotes

The magic of the mechanisms inside each genetic structure saying exactly where that nerve cell should go - the complexity of these mathematical models is beyond human comprehension.

Simplicity design axiom: The complexity of the information appliance is that of the task, not the tool. The technology is invisible.

Men rush towards complexity, but they yearn towards simplicity. They try to be kings; but they dream of being shepherds.

Complexity is not a cause of confusion. It is a result of it.

Wordsmiths who serve established power...castrate the public imagination by subjecting language to a complexity which renders it private. Elitism is always their aim.

We all have to expand our capabilities to encompass the changing world, its growing diversity and, indeed, its complexity.

Both science and art have to do with ordered complexity.

There are some people, who I'll charitably call snobs, who are dismissive of any conversation that doesn't begin with the full level of complexity. That's just not how the world works.

Narrow life down to what's precious and necessary. In a world of complexity the best weapon is simplicity.

Complexity begets ambiguity, which yields in all ways to prejudice and avarice. Complication does not so much defeat Men as arm them with fancy.

Being actors we are dealing with the beauty and complexity of human confusion, no? And we are always trying to get answers.

Movies can provide tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love, but many agree that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable.

We are, none of us, 'either' mothers or daughters; to our amazement, confusion, and greater complexity, we are both.

Without complexity, there's no intensity.

...the only simplicity to be trusted is the simplicity to be found on the far side of complexity.

Success means your options multiply. Size increases complexity, and complexity can confuse vision.

Ethnic stereotypes are misshapen pearls, sometimes with a sandy grain of truth at their center. ... but they ignore complexity, change, and individuality.

And once again Mr. Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complexity of human life so pletifuly presents.

One connection I see between the work I did on philosophy and my work on technology is that both communities tend to mystify and create an atmosphere of complexity.

Rather, my perceptions about how we solve problems in health care or education span across a whole range of areas. And I want to try to capture that complexity.

Judaism to me, as badly as I practiced it, what I've always loved about it was its total embrace of complexity, its admission of unknowability.

We are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a simplicity that is refreshing.

Every intelligent being enjoys complexity.

One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity.

Being in a group is a way to actually to speak up, and define yourself in the comfort, and the complexity of the group.

Among those who study painting, some strive for an elaborate effect and others prefer the simple. Neither complexity in itself nor simplicity is enough.

I believe not only in "special providences," but in the whole universe as one infinite complexity of "special providences.

God uses the tension, complexity, and challenge of doing His kingdom work to transform us into champions.

Embrace your complexity, stretch your creativity, and live up to your potential, you are what makes the world great.

Michael Lowenthal has written a big-hearted and wise book about familial love in all its richness and complexity.

Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction-and a lot more complexity.

When you're in governance, you understand the limitations and the complexities of governance.

Female sexuality is presented in our culture as a male fantasy, which doesn't include the reality of the abuse, the pleasure, the pain, the power, the complexity of women's sexuality.

Complexity excites the mind, and order rewards it. In the garden, one finds both, including vanishingly small orders too complex to spot, and orders so vast the mind struggles to embrace them.

Does anything show the complexity of the miraculous brain more than that weird curiosity, the sleep-protection dream?

I think that electronic music mirrors the complexity of "information landscapes." You carry the terrain in your mind.

Forget the complaints against complexity; instead, complain about confusion.

We get lost in doing, thinking, remembering, anticipating - lost in a maze of complexity and a world of problems. Nature can show us the way home, the way out of the prison of our own minds.

Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.

I love character roles. I'm happier in them. I look for roles that have some kind of complexity.

Complexity control is the central problem of writing software in the real world

So much of language is unspoken. So much of language is compromised of looks and gestures and sounds that are not words. People are ignorant of the vast complexity of their own communication.

When East meets West, amazing design happens. L'Alahambra rug is a marriage of the clean line and simplicity of Western graphic design meets the complexity and beauty of Eastern pattern.

If you lose yourself to rage in the complexity of battle, you are going to be lost.

The brain immediately confronts us with its great complexity. The human brain weighs only three to four pounds but contains about 100 billion neurons.

Men rush toward complexity; but yearn for simplicity.

One, what would happen if everyone did this thing? Two, would this help or hinder the movement toward universal ultimate complexity?

We can see that the complexity we witness inside the African-American community today has always been there. Black people were just as noble and just as ignoble as anybody else.

Avoid complexities. Make everything as simple as possible.

I think one of the big things that's come out of ghostwriting for me is real compassion for the complexity of fame.