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Complexity Quotes - Page 2

The evolution of knowledge is toward simplicity, not complexity.

The evolution of knowledge is toward simplicity, not complexity.

L. Ron Hubbard
Simplicity, Evolution, Complexity
L. Ron Hubbard (2007). “Handbook for Preclears”, p.207, Bridge Publications, Inc.

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

Jeff McNeely
Years, Chains, Complexity

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

Yevgeny Zamyatin
Forever, Gold, Complexity
Yevgeny Zamyatin (2010). “We: Introduction by Will Self”, p.61, Random House

I like exploring life and its complexities.

Nicole Kidman
Complexity, Exploring
Source: queenofthedesertfilm.com

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

Michelle Obama
Design, Artistic, Complexity
"Michelle Obama At The National Design Awards: HELLO YELLOW!" by Anya Strzemien, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 24, 2009.

I love to work. I love to have complexity.

Mary McDonnell
Complexity

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

John Green
Roles, Complexity, Humans

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

Douglas Adams
Hitchhiking, World, Complexity
Richard Dawkins' Eulogy for Douglas Adams at Church of Saint Martin in the Fields, London, www.edge.org. September 17, 2001.

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

Adrienne Rich
Truth Is, Complexity, One Thing
Adrienne Rich (2002). “Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations”, p.21, W. W. Norton & Company

The beauty of simplicity is the complexity it attracts.

Tom Robbins
Simplicity, Complexity
Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.238, Bantam

All that makes earlier times seem simpler is our ignorance of their complexities.

Thomas Sowell
Ignorance, Complexity, Seems
Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.397, ReadHowYouWant.com

Complexity - limits competition.

Seth Klarman
Competition, Limits, Complexity

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

Laila Lalami
Past, Historical Novels, Complexity

The art of programming is the art of organizing complexity.

Edsger Dijkstra
Art, Programming, Complexity
"Notes On Structured Programming" by Edsger Dijkstra, April 1970.

The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.

Yukihiro Matsumoto
Complexity, Features
"The Philosophy of Ruby". Interview with Bill Venners, www.artima.com. September 29, 2003.

The aim of science is always to reduce complexity to simplicity.

William James
Simplicity, Aim, Complexity
1890 The Principles of Psychology, ch.9.

I tend to be much more in the present and my emotions are simpler. I can be happy, I can be sad, I can be depressed, but there's a complexity that I don't have. I don't brood the same way. Fear is my main emotion.

Temple Grandin
Way, Emotion, Complexity
"Temple Grandin On The Secret To Success For Kids With Autism". Interview with Macrina Cooper-White, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 29, 2014.

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

Richard Roxburgh
Roles, Complexity
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

Peter Drucker
Complexity, Manageable
"Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices". Book by Peter F. Drucker, 1973.

You have got to welcome and embrace complexity.

Paul Singer
Welcome, Embrace, Complexity

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

Mignon G. Eberhart
Simple, Steel, Complexity Of Human

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

Marsha Mason
Emotional, Play, Complexity

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

Jan de Bont
Thinking, Complexity, Shows

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

Gyorgy Ligeti
Piano, Complexity, Polyphony

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

Eric Lander
Beautiful, Simplicity, Complexity

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