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Quotes About Complexity

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
~ E. O. Wilson
I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
~ Vikram Seth
... photographs are so loaded with information. They're remarkable. As I said, you get both the tree and the forest.
~ Lee Friedlander
This is the blood's wild tree that grows the intricate and folded rose
~ Judith Wright
In analysing complicated variations one must examine each branch of the tree once and once only.
~ Alexander Kotov
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree, ' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
~ Woody Allen
I'm interested in the gorgeous side of life, but also familiar with the dark side too.
~ Lana Del Rey
We are never more true to ourselves than when we are inconsistent.
~ Oscar Wilde
Every human being is a mixture of light and darkness, trust and fear, love and hate.
~ Jean Vanier
Trust me, there is no formula for most things that are not math.
~ Daniel Pinkwater
None of the shades of blue can paint the character of few men.
~ Pavitraa Parthasarathy
Don't Judge People By Their Outer Appearances, Even The Bright Beautiful Moon Has Its Dark Side Which It Keeps Hidden All The Time....
~ Muhammad Imran Hasan
Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
~ Isaac Newton
Truth is much too complicated to allow anything but approximations.
~ John von Neumann
It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
Sometimes the truth is too simple for intellectuals.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.
~ Karl Kraus
Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity.
~ Christopher Zeeman
I think truth is a layered phenomenon. There are many truths that accumulate and build up. I am trying to peel back and explore these rich layers of truth. All truths are difficult to reach.
~ Sally Mann
Truth has many dimensions, and the way you arrive at truth in complex situations is through many perspectives.
~ Eric Kandel
I sometimes think that I enjoy suffering. But the truth is I would prefer something else.
~ Fernando Pessoa
Trust me, pups, one day you'll find that male who makes you love him, care for him, and want to stab him in the face all at the same time. And your lives will never be the same.
~ Shelly Laurenston
I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell.
~ Sherilyn Fenn
Her Leo, so bright, so beautiful. And in the end, so catastrophically flawed.
~ Sherry Thomas