"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction."

"Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming."

"I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter."

"A tool is not necessarily better because it is bigger. A tool is best if it does the job required with a minimum of effort, with a minimum of complexity, and with a minimum of power."

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

"The fabric of our complex society is woven too tightly to permit any part of it to be damaged without damaging the whole."

"The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome. I mean the idea that such complexity can arise not only out of such simplicity, but probably absolutely out of nothing, is the most fabulous extraordinary idea. And once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened, it's just wonderful. And . . . the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned."

"The system of life on this planet is so astoundingly complex that it was a long time before man even realized that it was a system at all and that it wasn't something that was just there."

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."

"The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety."

"The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective."

"The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple."

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler."

"The issues are never simple. One thing I’m proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues."

"The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable."