Quotes about Complexity

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. Votes: 5

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite. Votes: 5

We need to shift the paradigm from reactive technologies to more integrative solutions that deal with the variety and complexity of the threats that are out there today. Votes: 5

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple. Votes: 5

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. Votes: 5

Complexity is the enemy of clarity Votes: 4

Complexity is not good. People don't understand the elegance of simplicity. Votes: 4

Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over the other. Votes: 4

Simplicity is hard to build, easy to use, and hard to charge for. Complexity is easy to build, hard to use, and easy to charge for. Votes: 4

Complexity - limits competition. Votes: 3

Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus. Votes: 3

Complexity is the enemy of execution! Votes: 3

Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort. Votes: 3

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. Votes: 3

Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does. Votes: 3

The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity. Votes: 3

Complexity assertions have to be part of the interface Votes: 3

Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design. Votes: 3

Complexity and intelligence grow from simplicity, not from greater complexity. Votes: 3

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Votes: 3

I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity. Votes: 3

Simplicity takes time, patience & practice. Complexity offers too many excuses for failure Votes: 3

In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity Votes: 3

Complexity control is the central problem of writing software in the real world Votes: 3

The Mozilla project is big in terms of lines of code and complexity. Votes: 3

Complexity is not a cause of confusion. It is a result of it. Votes: 3

The complexity of the emotional life of the play is what you live to work on. Votes: 3

Complexity is not a goal. I don't want to be remembered as an engineer of complex systems. Votes: 3

Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple. Votes: 3

I have been interested in phenomena involving complexity, diversity and evolution since I was a young boy. Votes: 3

Complexity is acceptable as long as it is intelligible and necessary. We want to avoid needless complications. Votes: 3

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. Votes: 3

Complexity serves nothing but our ego. Be able to say what you do in a way that people can understand. Votes: 3

We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie. Votes: 3

The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations. Votes: 3

Complexity begets ambiguity, which yields in all ways to prejudice and avarice. Complication does not so much defeat Men as arm them with fancy. Votes: 3

Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity. Votes: 3

The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs. Votes: 3

Complexity kills. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges, and it causes end-user and administrator frustration. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Complexity demands resilience, and that's what panarchy offers. Resilience in the face of complexity is a challenge even when you apply rigorous intelligence and integrity to develop a coherent and flexible strategy. Votes: 3

Complexity demands resilience, and that's what panarchy offers. Resilience in the face of complexity is a challenge even when you apply rigorous intelligence and integrity to develop a coherent and flexible strategy." Votes: 3

The great unexplored frontier is complexity ... I am convinced that the nations and people that master the new science of Complexity will become the economic, cultural, and political superpowers of the next century. Votes: 3

Human relationships are about communicating. Business jargon should be banished in favor of simple English. Simplicity is a sign of truth and a criterion of beauty. Complexity can be a way of hiding the truth. Votes: 3

What we call evil doesn't necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means; it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it - so we can help prevent it. Votes: 3

When it kind of went to 'Street Fighter', where you had to push 13 buttons with all 13 of your fingers and ripped the spine out of somebody, you know, violent games lost the women. Complexity lost the casual gamer. Votes: 3

I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition of landscapes, live photography, the right music and interviews with people, and it becomes a style. Votes: 3

Complexity can be a trap. You can have a ball developing a phrase, inverting it, playing it in different keys and times and all. But it's really more introspective than communicative. Like a crossword puzzle compared to a poem. Votes: 3

Complexity and profundity have been equated by the academic culture just as fame and significance have been conflated by the popular culture. Fame and significance have nothing to do with one another; and complexity and profundity have nothing to do with one another. Votes: 3

Complexity and profundity have been equated by the academic culture just as fame and significance have been conflated by the popular culture. Fame and significance have nothing to do with one another and complexity and profundity have nothing to do with one another Votes: 3

My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes. Votes: 3

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity. Votes: 2

Success means your options multiply. Size increases complexity, and complexity can confuse vision. Votes: 2

Our culture thrives on black-and-white narratives, clearly defined emotions, easy endings, and so, this thrust into complexity exhausts. Votes: 2

Everything from airplanes to kitchen blenders and even chopsticks comes with an instruction manual. Children, despite all their complexity, do not. Votes: 2

People have to see that there is a high degree of complexity about belonging to a gang. It's a symptom, not a problem. Votes: 2

The complexity of things - the things within things - just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple. Votes: 2

If the process of life is about moving toward increased complexity and organization, a sort of sublime unfolding of greater and greater self-organizing systems, then we're actually doing pretty well. Votes: 2

Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting it into pamphlets. We're doing a publicity show. We're becoming symbols. Votes: 2

Even in the deepest love relationship - when lovers say 'I love you' to each other - we don't really know what we're saying, because language isn't equal to the complexity of human emotions. Votes: 2

The thematic bucket of vomit that I've been chained to since I was about 9 is the moral complexity of anti-heroism. I have always been interested in good people who do bad things for understandable reasons. Votes: 2

We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the expected results of evolutionary principles that yearn to produce a creature capable of understanding the mode of its own necessary construction. Votes: 2

As with real reading, the ability to comprehend subtlety and complexity comes only with time and a lot of experience. If you don't adequately acquire those skills, moving out into the real world of real people can actually become quite scary. Votes: 2

Once everyone is connected to everyone and everything else, nothing matters anymore. If everyone in the world is your Facebook friend, then why have any Facebook friends at all? We're back where we started. The ultimate complexity is just another entropy. Votes: 2

Our great struggle in medicine these days is not just with ignorance and uncertainty. It's also with complexity: how much you have to make sure you have in your head and think about. There are a thousand ways things can go wrong. Votes: 2

With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the human race. But it will be a slow process, because one will have to wait about 18 years to see the effect of changes to the genetic code. Votes: 2

I know from my own experience that there is much more to 'intelligence' than an IQ number. In fact, I hesitate to believe that any system could really reflect the complexity and uniqueness of one person's mind, or meaningfully describe the nature of his or her potential. Votes: 2

I think that if you can convey a kind of a complexity, a mystery, a truth in stillness, that, to me, is really worth striving for, and I totally agree with Michael Fassbender in that less is more. If it's going on inside you, the camera will find it. Votes: 2

So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and... Wanda Sykes and John Legend... we're adding to the database that scholars can then draw from to generalize about the complexity of the American experience. And that's the contribution that family trees make to broader scholarship. Votes: 2

There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud. You can apply that rule to left-wing social programs, but you can also apply that rule to credit derivatives, hedge funds, all the rest of it. Votes: 2

If you look at any leaf on any tree branch, it's similar to but not exactly a repetition of the previous branch. So the new science of complexity or showing how an architecture can be produced just as quickly, cheaply and efficiently by using computer production methods to get the slight variation, the self-similarity. Votes: 2

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's very complex, it's very profound Votes: 1

Simplicity is complexity resolved Votes: 0

Avoiding complexity reduces bugs. Votes: 0

Increasing consciousness = increasing complexity. Votes: 0

Every intelligent being enjoys complexity. Votes: 0

Don't let complexity stop you. Votes: 0

Out of complexity, find simplicity! Votes: 0

My journey is technical complexity. Votes: 0

Without complexity, there's no intensity. Votes: 0

Simplicity and complexity need each other. Votes: 0

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay. Votes: 0

Misery is complexity. Happiness is simplicity. Votes: 0

Life is easy greediness adds complexity Votes: 0

Growth creates complexity, which requires simplicity. Votes: 0

Don't accept the excuse of complexity. Votes: 0

My goal is to simplify complexity. Votes: 0

Religion leaves no room for human complexity. Votes: 0

If complexity doesn't beat you, paradox will. Votes: 0

Human complexity can be conquered with calmness. Votes: 0

Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. Votes: 0

Living organisms are distinguished by their specified complexity Votes: 0

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. Votes: 0

You have got to welcome and embrace complexity. Votes: 0

Tax complexity itself is a kind of tax. Votes: 0

Simplicity of expression rather than complexity of form. Votes: 0

People are complex. I'm just showing my complexity. Votes: 0

Men rush toward complexity; but yearn for simplicity. Votes: 0

Forget the complaints against complexity; instead, complain about confusion. Votes: 0

The beauty of simplicity is the complexity it attracts. Votes: 0

The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity. Votes: 0

Beauty is not in complexity but it's in simplicity. Votes: 0

I love to work. I love to have complexity. Votes: 0

The evolution of knowledge is toward simplicity, not complexity. Votes: 0

The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity. Votes: 0

Everything has complexity. Everything has simplicity. You just grab it. Votes: 0

Stop trying to change reality by attempting to eliminate complexity. Votes: 0

Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity. Votes: 0

In complexity, it is only simplicity that can be interesting. Votes: 0

Principles are the simplicity on the far side of complexity. Votes: 0

Both science and art have to do with ordered complexity. Votes: 0

The art of programming is the art of organizing complexity. Votes: 0

Human nature has a tendency to admire complexity but reward simplicity. Votes: 0

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive. Votes: 0

The opposite of simplicity is not complexity, but fragmentation and alienation. Votes: 0

Intelligence augmentation decreases the need for specialization and increases participatory complexity. Votes: 0

What is the alternative to understanding the complexity of the world? Votes: 0

I think it's so important to remember the complexity of things. Votes: 0

The right amount of complexity is what creates the optimal simplicity Votes: 0

I think the next century will be the century of complexity. Votes: 0

I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting. Votes: 0

The aim of science is always to reduce complexity to simplicity. Votes: 0

Our role as humans is to recognize the complexity of others. Votes: 0

Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity. Votes: 0

Creativity isn't meant to introduce complexity it is expected to add simplicity. Votes: 0

Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity. Votes: 0

The price we pay for the complexity of life is too high. Votes: 0

In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity. Votes: 0

The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity. Votes: 0

A formula can be very simple, and create a universe of bottomless complexity. Votes: 0

Mastery comes via a monomaniacal focus on simplicity versus an addiction to complexity. Votes: 0

The complexity of the world is so overwhelming and so present to everyone. Votes: 0

Life has its beauty in its simplicity. Ugliness raises her head with complexity. Votes: 0

There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart. Votes: 0

Nature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity. Votes: 0

Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity. Votes: 0

Supernatural simplicity viewed and perceived with complexity, naturally; many suffer from an outside-in misunderstanding. Votes: 0

Make sure your message is clear, yet that you are faithful to its complexity. Votes: 0

Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it. Votes: 0

There is a point of complexity beyond which a business is no longer manageable. Votes: 0

Act simple in a world of complexity, then people will understand and follow you Votes: 0

A lot of guys see the complexity of the game; I see the simplicity. Votes: 0

The barrier to change is not too little caring; it is too much complexity. Votes: 0

As artists we are here to make you uncomfortable with the complexity of your reality. Votes: 0

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children. Votes: 0

What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful... Votes: 0

The detailed geometry of the coenzyme molecule as a whole is fascinating in its complexity. Votes: 0

Failing to grapple with complexity actually turns out to be a pretty bad life strategy. Votes: 0

A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable. Votes: 0

Irony of the world is that it wants to simplify the complexity and complicate the simplicity. Votes: 0

The base of artistic pursuit is ambivalence and complexity. And that's what I try to do. Votes: 0

The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of complexity with reductionism makes science. Votes: 0

Our complexity is much more likely to lead us astray than any simplicity we may follow. Votes: 0

All of life in its complexity and beauty is forever minted in the gold of words. Votes: 0

Does anything show the complexity of the miraculous brain more than that weird curiosity, the sleep-protection dream? Votes: 0

Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor. Votes: 0

A primary cause of complexity is that software vendors uncritically adopt almost any feature that users want. Votes: 0

It is only with local [agriculture] that we can manage the complexity and care that sustainability requires. Votes: 0

The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome. Votes: 0

Novels demand a certain complexity of narrative and scope, so it's necessary for the characters to change. Votes: 0

Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction-and a lot more complexity. Votes: 0

God uses the tension, complexity, and challenge of doing His kingdom work to transform us into champions. Votes: 0

The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam. Votes: 0

You need to bring your awakening into city life. Bring it into fast-paced complexity where it thrives. Votes: 0

The simplicity of existence is that it is. The complexity of existence is that it is not. Votes: 0

He who despises simplicity will shout for a simple lifebuoy when drowning in the ocean of complexity! Votes: 0

When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity. Votes: 0

If I do not understand myself, the whole complexity of myself, I have no basis for thinking. Votes: 0

The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being. Votes: 0

Customers want new functionality, but they don't want the traditional complexity that has marred products in the past. Votes: 0

Specialized management courses are useful but should come well after the complexity of management and business are understood. Votes: 0

Michael Lowenthal has written a big-hearted and wise book about familial love in all its richness and complexity. Votes: 0

I love character roles. I'm happier in them. I look for roles that have some kind of complexity. Votes: 0

...the only simplicity to be trusted is the simplicity to be found on the far side of complexity. Votes: 0

If you do anything well, it becomes enjoyable. To keep enjoying something, you need to increase its complexity. Votes: 0

Our culture thrives on black-and-white narratives, clearly defined emotions, easy endings, and so, this thrust into complexity exhausts." Votes: 0

Suddenly it was clear to me that all the beautiful complexity of life had simplicity at its core. Votes: 0

Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider's web? Votes: 0

Narrow life down to what's precious and necessary. In a world of complexity the best weapon is simplicity. Votes: 0

I think that electronic music mirrors the complexity of "information landscapes." You carry the terrain in your mind. Votes: 0

Literature is the human activity that make the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity, and difficulty. Votes: 0

Do not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths. Votes: 0

Dostoevsky was the first to reveal to us this teeming multiplicity of emotions, this complexity of our spiritual universe. Votes: 0

We all have to expand our capabilities to encompass the changing world, its growing diversity and, indeed, its complexity. Votes: 0

I believe not only in "special providences," but in the whole universe as one infinite complexity of "special providences. Votes: 0

BitCoin is actually an exploit against network complexity. Not financial networks, or computer networks, or social networks. Networks themselves. Votes: 0

I'm looking for richness, complexity, and characters that have different layers and that you don't really get bored of. Votes: 0

My goal is to simplify complexity. I just want to build stuff that really simplifies our base human interaction. Votes: 0

Embrace your complexity, stretch your creativity, and live up to your potential, you are what makes the world great. Votes: 0

And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity. Votes: 0

We are, none of us, 'either' mothers or daughters; to our amazement, confusion, and greater complexity, we are both. Votes: 0

The Phoenix Project is a must read for business and IT executives struggling with the growing complexity of IT. Votes: 0

Optimization hinders evolution. Everything should be built top-down, except the first time. Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. Votes: 0

I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface. Votes: 0

The complexity of human relationships is never simple to follow; it is like intricate lacework, but lacework made of steel. Votes: 0

Redford builds a riveting, resonant political thriller that values the complexity of its characters and the intelligence of its audience. Votes: 0

Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication, which is baffling -- the incomprehensible should cause suspicion rather than admiration. Votes: 0

Men rush towards complexity, but they yearn towards simplicity. They try to be kings; but they dream of being shepherds. Votes: 0

I'm a minimalist. I see things in simple ways...It's human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it's not. Votes: 0

The outstanding scientific discovery of the twentieth century is not television, or radio, but rather the complexity of the land organism. Votes: 0

The physicist's problem is the problem of ultimate origins and ultimate natural laws. The biologist's problem is the problem of complexity. Votes: 0

There is no 'the truth,' 'a truth'--truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity. Votes: 0

It's Twitter's combination of simplicity and complexity that is astonishing in the same way that minimalist sculpture was inspiring and enlightening. Votes: 0

The smell of subjectivity clings to the mechanical definition of complexity as stubbornly as it sticks to the definition of information. Votes: 0

Less is more. Happiness is found close to the necessities of life, not in needless complexity and meaningless multiplicity of choice. Votes: 0

One, what would happen if everyone did this thing? Two, would this help or hinder the movement toward universal ultimate complexity? Votes: 0

Simplicity design axiom: The complexity of the information appliance is that of the task, not the tool. The technology is invisible. Votes: 0

I do think that the emotional weight of 'Biutiful' has blinded some viewers to the beauty and complexity of the film. Votes: 0

The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic. Votes: 0

Power, for the writer....lies in his ability to reveal if only a little bit more about the complexity of humanity. Votes: 0

From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible. Votes: 0

Ecstasy is not simply joy. Ecstasy is an emotion of great complexity that hovers almost on the edge of terror sometimes. Votes: 0

One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity. Votes: 0

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me Votes: 0

The novelist is the person who spends a lot of his or her day thinking about the human drama and emotional complexity. Votes: 0

Poetry needs to be alive, unabashedly, and, for me, that entails seeing its complexity, the grit and grimness and jubilance and beauty. Votes: 0

My take is that the kind of complexity which says we can always generate complexity from simple interactions following for example rules. Votes: 0

I think one of the big things that's come out of ghostwriting for me is real compassion for the complexity of fame. Votes: 0

I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on. Votes: 0

Chess problems demand from the composer the same virtues that characterize all worthwhile art: originality, invention, conciseness, harmony, complexity, and splendid insincerity Votes: 0

Pity sidesteps complexity in favor of narratives that we're comfortable with, reducing the nuances of a person's experience to a sound bite. Votes: 0

The most fundamental problem in software development is complexity. There is only one basic way of dealing with complexity: divide and conquer Votes: 0

Ethnic stereotypes are misshapen pearls, sometimes with a sandy grain of truth at their center. ... but they ignore complexity, change, and individuality. Votes: 0

I am interested not in individual readings, but in constructing networks of images and meanings capable of reflecting the complexity of the subject. Votes: 0

Artistic simplicity is more complex than artistic complexity for it arises via the simplification of the latter and against its backdrop or system. Votes: 0

Second law: The complexity barrier. Software complexity (and therefore that of bugs) grows to the limits of our ability to manage that complexity. Votes: 0

Life shows no trend to complexity in the usual sense-only an asymmetrical expansion of diversity around a starting point constrained to be simple. Votes: 0

Anarchy is a function, not of a society's simplicity and lack of social organization, but of it's complexity and multiplicity of social organizations. Votes: 0

Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from skepticism to activism. Votes: 0

The brain immediately confronts us with its great complexity. The human brain weighs only three to four pounds but contains about 100 billion neurons. Votes: 0

Limitation is a good discipline because it discourages inappropriate generalization, which distracts attention from the profound, particular complexity that characterizes anything at all. Votes: 0

The road to hell is paved with the pursuit of volume. Volume leads to marginal products, marginal customers, and greatly increased managerial complexity. Votes: 0

Human emotions have deep evolutionary roots, a fact that may explain their complexity and provide tools for clinical practice.The Nature of Emotions (2001) Votes: 0

You can drain the life and nuances and complexity out of things by homogenizing them to make everything harmoniously dull, flat, conflict-free, strife-free. Votes: 0

Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. Votes: 0

Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the present. Votes: 0

Psychology either tends to glorify human beings or trivialize them, leaving out the complexity of the human soul and the demands of God." Votes: 0

Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives. Votes: 0

Psychology either tends to glorify human beings or trivialize them, leaving out the complexity of the human soul and the demands of God. Votes: 0

The evolutionary vision is agnostic in regard to systems in the universe of greater complexity than those of which human beings have clear knowledge. Votes: 0

The emoji still doesn't really speak to the complexity that actually - or the subtext that goes on between when people actually speak face-to-face. Votes: 0

We, as extremely complex creatures, desperately need to know this story of how the universe creates complexity and why complexity means vulnerability and fragility. Votes: 0

Wordsmiths who serve established power...castrate the public imagination by subjecting language to a complexity which renders it private. Elitism is always their aim. Votes: 0

Among those who study painting, some strive for an elaborate effect and others prefer the simple. Neither complexity in itself nor simplicity is enough. Votes: 0

We need a self because the complexity of the chemical processes that make up our individual humanities exceeds the processing power of our brains. Votes: 0

The novel remains for me one of the few forms where we can record man's complexity and the strength and decency of his longings. Votes: 0

Participatory complexity may well be the key descriptor of the 21st century - in our economies, in our politics, and in our everyday lives. Votes: 0

Self-exposure is commendable in art only when it is of a quality and complexity that allows other people to learn about themselves from it. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The Devil fights from behind barricades of linguistic complexity, but the war of words will be won by those armed only with simplistic truths Votes: 0

It is the last lesson of modern science, that the highest simplicity of structure is produced, not by few elements, but by the highest complexity. Votes: 0

Anna Magnani, Sophia Loren, Meryl Streep - I love actresses that are strong and fragile at the same time. They bring complexity to their roles. Votes: 0

The techniques have galloped ahead of the concepts. We have moved away from studying the complexity of the organism; from processes and organisation to composition. Votes: 0

I am passionate about informing the world about our ocean - its complexity and beauty, its value to us, and the perils that it faces. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

People often associate complexity with deeper meaning, when often after precious time has been lost, it is realized that simplicity is the key to everything. Votes: 0

You cannot reduce the complexity of a given task beyond a certain point. Once you've reached that point, you can only shift the burden around. Votes: 0

If you want to gain market share at your competitor's expense - look for a customer that's suffering from too much complexity and simplify it. Votes: 0

Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has become woven deep into our own selves. Votes: 0

Intelligence doesn't just mean tracking down terrorists; It means finding out what is in people's hearts and minds and discovering the complexity of most issues. Votes: 0

I think the extreme complexity of medicine has become more than an individual clinician can handle. But not more than teams of clinicians can handle. Votes: 0

Being ambivalent doesn't mean that you're a relevatist, that anything goes; it just means that you show the complexity of life. Life is always complex. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Science has explored the microcosmos and the macrocosmos; we have a good sense of the lay of the land. The great unexplored frontier is complexity. Votes: 0

Usually, in romantic comedies, you end up sacrificing a great deal of the complexity - you know, just two attractive people and a good soundtrack. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity. Instead of being an individual, they are a multitude. Votes: 0

I think we've got to understand the complexity of the world that we are facing and no place is more so than in the Middle East. Votes: 0

involving into an iterative process of simplifying the 'complexity', and then transforming this 'simplicity into newer complexity' while integrating the unsolved domain for an unprecedented success. Votes: 0

Doing a straight-forward, clear-cut task that has a beginning and an end balances out the complexity-without-end that often vexes the rest of my life. Sacred simplicity. Votes: 0

You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Some people fear seeing or feeling anything about which there is no general agreement. For others, it is thrilling to be aware of innuendo, shading, complexity. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I am not just a lesbian. I am not just a poet. I am not just a mother. Honor the complexity of your vision and yourselves. Votes: 0

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 Votes: 0

Some people perceive Skinner to be complex. I just basically was trying to remember my lines, so I guess that's what they perceive as being complexity. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think that the Democrats can be successful nationally in the future if we are able to capture some of the complexity of people's lives right now. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Who values the past lives sentimentally.Who optimizes the present grabs opportunity.Who balances time creates harmony. Who disturbs harmony leads complexity.Who solves complexity opens continuity. Votes: 0

Who values the past lives sentimentally.Who optimizes the present grabs opportunity.Who balances time creates harmony. Who disturbs harmony leads complexity.Who solves complexity opens continuity." Votes: 0

He stared up at the stars: and it seemed to him then that they were dancers, stately and graceful, performing a dance almost infinite in its complexity. Votes: 0

The structures were austere and simple, until one looked at them and realized what work, what complexity of method, what tension of thought had achieved the simplicity. Votes: 0

Tens of billions ... are going into the pockets of tens of thousands of tax preparers who ... love complexity as much as the rest of us hate it Votes: 0

Racial segregation must be seen for what it is, and that is an evil system, a new form of slavery covered up with certain niceties of complexity. Votes: 0

Over time, I started becoming more and more aware of the vastness and complexity of the universe, which led me away from any sort of conventional Christianity. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It is only by understanding the cultural complexity and largeness of the concept of agriculture that we can see the threatening diminishments implied by the term 'agribusiness.' Votes: 0

To be an ethical leader is indeed to be different. This kind of leader acknowledges the complexity of running a responsible business, yet tries to do it anyway. Votes: 0

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). Votes: 0

No mature style of art in any culture has ever been simple. In certain cultures, an overall symmetry may conceal the complexity of the work at first glance. Votes: 0

The complexity of economics can be calculated mathematically. Write out the algebraic equation that is the human heart and multiply each unknown by the population of the world. Votes: 0

Your company is probably going to get hacked. The velocity and complexity of hacking attempts has skyrocketed, with companies routinely facing millions of knocks on the vault door. Votes: 0

The reality is that there is an enormous value to gut-check instinctive decision-making in the world that is not hampered by reams and reams of research and complexity. Votes: 0

Flew concluded that research into DNA had 'shown, by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which are needed to produce life, that intelligence must have been involved'. Votes: 0

The complexity embedded in the different levels of meaning that go along with the words "I love you" ought to be a whole mindfuck of a video game Votes: 0

The complexity of software is an essential property, not an accidental one. Hence, descriptions of a software entity that abstract away its complexity often abstracts away its essence. Votes: 0

For a child, it is in the simplicity of play that the complexity of life is sorted like puzzle pieces joined together to make sense of the world. Votes: 0

A goal of education is. to assist growth toward greater complexity and integration and to assist in the process of self-organization - to modify individuals capacity to modify themselves. Votes: 0

The linear, mechanistic view of the world which pervades orthodox economics is simply not capable of capturing the richness and complexity of the rhythms and fluctuations of developed economies. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Much time and money has gone into computer chess programs, and so far, no one's figured out how to crack the game, which I think speaks to chess's complexity. Votes: 0

Theatre is simply what cannot be expressed by any other means; a complexity of words, movements, gestures that convey a vision of the world inexpressible in any other way. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It is in the nature of things to be drawn to the very experiences that will spoil our innocence, transform our lives, and give us necessary complexity and depth. Votes: 0

I am attempting to move away from the exclusionary practices of feminist theory, particularly anti-pornography rhetoric, in order to amplify the discussion about the complexity of pleasure for women. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

What I've observed, and I think it's fair to give credit to the psychedelic experience for this, what I've observed is that nature builds on previously established levels of complexity. Votes: 0

You have to get something down, and then find ways of working in complexity and different layers of meaning... My first drafts are usually the ravings of a delusional fantasist. Votes: 0

People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth. Votes: 0

When you think about the complexity of our natural world - plants using quantum mechanics for photosynthesis, for example - a smartphone begins to look like a pretty dumb object. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well. Votes: 0

The complexity of the situation of having a war going on around you and what that delivers to you is that you have to figure out which side to take. Votes: 0

Human nature is full of riddles and contradictions; its very complexity engenders art-and by art I mean the search for something more than simple linear formulations, flat solutions, oversimplified explanations. Votes: 0

The complexity of the connection between the world of perception and the world of physics does not preclude that such a connection can be shown to exist at any time. Votes: 0

These are the advantages of travel, that one meets so many men whom one would otherwise never meet, and that one feeds as it were upon the complexity of mankind Votes: 0

My background is in math and science, and I thrive on complexity, and I think lots of people do. People love puzzles; it's human nature to want to solve puzzles. Votes: 0

I think diversity can also be a resource, an asset, especially in a world that is becoming globalized, to deal with difference, to deal with variety, to deal with complexity. Votes: 0

Architecture enable you to accommodate complexity and change. If you don't have Enterprise Architecture, your enterprise is not going to be viable in a increasingly complex and changing external environment. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

For all its complexity, however, astrology remains fundamentally simple. It offers a time-honored system of symbols that sum up key aspects of human life while providing profound insights and practical guidance. Votes: 0

Maisha ni kani au 'force' ya kipekee zaidi katika ulimwengu unaofahamika; achilia mbali changamani ('complexity') na kutapakaa ('diversity') zaidi kuliko kani zote! Ni tukio la ajabu kuliko matukio yote yaliyowahi kutokea. Votes: 0

Just as all pop music is not simplistic, not all contemporary concert music is complex. Often what a person connects with goes much deeper than generalized issues of simplicity and complexity. Votes: 0

In its complexity and sensuality, nature invites exploration, direct contact, and experience. But it also inspires a sense of awe, a glimpse of what is still "un-Googleable" . . . life's mystery and magnitude. Votes: 0

Three reasons problems are inevitable; first, we live in a world of growing complexity and diversity; second, we interact with people; and third, we cannot control all the situation we face. Votes: 0

The history of the creative progress of individual artists shows that, along with their spiritual growth and the increasing complexity of their inner life, their forms of expression become more complex. Votes: 0

In its complexity and sensuality, nature invites exploration, direct contact, and experience. But it also inspires a sense of awe, a glimpse of what is still un-Googleable life's mystery and magnitude. Votes: 0

Though completely armed with knowledge and endowed with power, we are blind and impotent in a world we have equipped and organized-a world of which we now fear the inextricable complexity. Votes: 0

If we look at the complexity of the challenges facing western societies today, we see that the problems are not really about outsiders, but have their roots much closer to home. Votes: 0

There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world- its beauty, its mysteries, its riddles. Votes: 0

The notion of the infinite variety of detail and the multiplicity of forms is a pleasing one; in complexity are the fringes of beauty, and in variety are generosity and exuberance. Votes: 0

English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be. Votes: 0

Poverty is too complex to be answered with a one-size-fits-all approach, and if there is any place that illustrates that complexity, as well as a better way forward, it is Rwanda. Votes: 0

Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future. Votes: 0

When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines. Votes: 0

There is a simplicity that exists on the far side of complexity, and there is a communication of sentiment and attitude not to be discovered by careful exegesis of a text. Votes: 0

You want hot days to get your fruit ripe but then you want it to cool off nicely at night so that the grapes stay on the vine longer and develop complexity. Votes: 0

I regularly read Internet user groups filled with messages from people trying to solve software incompatibility problems that, in terms of complexity, make the U.S. Tax Code look like Dr. Seuss. Votes: 0

Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves. Votes: 0

Learning to savor the vertigo of doing without answers or making do with fragmentary ones opens up the pleasures of recognizing and playing with patterns, finding coherence within complexity, sharing within multiplicity. Votes: 0

A person with friends need never be bored. There is always more to fathom and enjoy in the complexity of others, and always the possibility of finding a way to delight them. Votes: 0

In private many scientists admit that science has no explanation for the beginning of life.... Darwin never imagined the exquisitely profound complexity that exists even at the most basic levels of life. Votes: 0

Creating simplicity often makes the heart leap; order has been restored, the crooked made straight. But order is understanding that things cannot be made simple, that complexity reigns and must be accepted. Votes: 0

This is a general law of the universe, overlooked by science, that out of complexity emerges greater complexity. We could almost say that the universe, nature, is a novelty-conserving, or complexity-conserving engine. Votes: 0

The glory of sport is born at the moment when the game and the person become one, when all the complexity of one's life finds a moment to emerge in the game. Votes: 0

Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

What had been released into the desert vacuum and starry oases of the galaxy was the inexorable logic of reproduction and natural selection. What followed was parasitism, predation, symbiosis, interdependency chaos, complexity, life. Votes: 0

This is part of the complexity of grief: A piece of you recognizes it is an extreme state, an altered state, yet a large part of you is entirely subject to its demands. Votes: 0

Disability simulation fails to capture the nuance and complexity of living in a disabled body. And it certainly fails to give a deep understanding of systemic discrimination and abuse faced by disabled people. Votes: 0

Besides the obscurity arising from the complexity of objects, and the imperfection of the human faculties, the medium through which the conceptions of men are conveyed to each other adds a fresh embarrassment. Votes: 0

Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

As we get more transparent with data sets about infrastructure and systems management, I have a feeling we'll see big changes in how we think about complexity and our relationship to our actions. Votes: 0

As a novelist, I like the contained drama and complexity of the courtroom, though I don't watch those shows on TV. I prefer the hospital shows because I wanted to be a doctor. Votes: 0

Scientifically speaking, the existence of God is an untenable hypothesis. It's not well-defined, it's completely unnecessary to fit the data, and it adds unhelpful layers of complexity without any corresponding increase in understanding. Votes: 0

One of the most common criticisms of romance is that the genre is too prescribed: If every romance novel ends happily ever after, don't the stories lack complexity? Don't the readers get bored? Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Blues songs, like folk songs, are a continuous stream, and catching the continuities and thefts is part of what puts meaning and complexity into it - also part of the fun of it all. Votes: 0

A belief in the purposeful complexity of Fate is always more comforting than random, straightforward facts. This may be why Mother preferred to believe in Atlantis and UFOs rather than in virtually everything else. Votes: 0

If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon his creation, I should have recommended something simpler. Remarking on the complexity of Ptolemaic model of the universe after it was explained to him. Votes: 0

In contrast to the written account-which, depending on its complexity of thought, reference, and vocabulary, is pitched at a larger or smaller readership-a photograph has only one language and is destined potentially for all. Votes: 0

For a large corporation to be effective, it must be simple. For an organization to be simple, its people must have self-confidence and intellectual self-assurance. Insecure managers create complexity, real leaders do not clutter. Votes: 0

Fate loves to invent patterns and designs. Its difficulty lies in complexity. But life itself is difficult because of its simplicity. It has only a few things of a grandeur not fit for us. Votes: 0

Contrary to what most people say and believe, the simplicity is a great thing, i actually believe in - complexity is a fantastic thing and complex things should be approached in a complex way. Votes: 0

Look at yourself as someone who is reaching for healing, and at the complexity of what needs to be healed. Do not think that you exist alone without other human beings of equal complexity. Votes: 0

Darwinian natural selection only yields adaptation to changing local environments, and better function in an immediate habitat might just as well be achieved by greater simplicity in form and behavior as by ever-increasing complexity. Votes: 0

The father's 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. Votes: 0

When Hillary Clinton talks about adding more restrictions and complexity to our financial system, as she did in her economic policy speech, it shows how clueless she is about how the economy actually works. Votes: 0

The single hardest part of leading any organization is knowing what is going on. There's too much noise in the system, too much complexity: you absolutely depend on people speaking up and raising concerns. Votes: 0

A good story or a book is all about it's power to hold it's readers still till the very last word of it's climax - complexity in language, dialogues, descriptions, everything else is secondary! Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

You are the cutting edge of a thirteen billion year old process of defining novelty. Your acts matter. Your thoughts matter. Your purpose? To add to the complexity. Your enemy? Disorder, entropy, stupidity, and tastelessness. Votes: 0

Through fear of resembling one another, through horror of having to submit, through uncertainty as well, through skepticism and complexity, there is a multitude of individual little beliefs for the triumph of strange little individuals. Votes: 0

There's a certain fear of simplicity. I think that's the thing, when you're younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you're playing, the better. Votes: 0

Delicious... Everything I'd hoped for in a new Wild Cards book. The character interactions and plot twists have exactly the complexity, surprise, and unsentimental realism I'd expect out of a George R. R. Martin project. Votes: 0

There are 1,198,500,000 people alive now in China. To get a feel for what that means, simply take yourself - in all your singularity, importance, complexity, and love - and multiply by 1,198,500,000. See? Nothing to it. Votes: 0

I don't have answers for anybody else. What I know is that internal complexity makes for superficiality. There's never essentially a pure story unless there's a pure product line that has its own shining clarity. Votes: 0

I'm interested in complexity, in the mathematical sense, as well as the idiomatic sense. The idea of emergence - that it's possible for complex patterns to arise out of many simple interactions - is fascinating. Votes: 0

The brain seems to be made up of a bewildering complexity of parts, and the cells within the parts seem to be characterized by an inscrutable complexity of form, extent, and relationships with each other. Votes: 0

It's a big deal to reveal your friend's deepest truth, your friend's deepest secret. And for all of us, when we do these big things, there's a complexity of motivation that comes behind that decision. Votes: 0

For me, a $20 wine that drinks like a $40 wine in terms of complexity and interest is a value, while a $5 wine that is not very good is not a value at all in my opinion. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Intelligent design is a modest position theologically and philosophically. It attributes the complexity and diversity of life to intelligence, but does not identify that intelligence with the God of any religious faith or philosophical system. Votes: 0