An Wang Quotes

Early on, in discussions of financial oversight, people would say, 'Well, this is a very complicated problem, therefore it requires a complicated solution.' And at that step, I would say, 'Well, wait a minute. Just because it's a complicated problem doesn't mean the best course of action immediately is one that's complicated.'

Sometimes big problems are best solved with lots of small and creative solutions.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

The world is complicated. But does every problem require a complicated solution?

Every situation, no matter how complex it initially looks, is exceedingly simple.

The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.

Complexity has and will maintain a strong fascination for many people. It is true that we live in a complex world and strive to solve inherently complex problems, which often do require complex mechanisms. However, this should not diminish our desire for elegant solutions, which convince by their clarity and effectiveness. Simple, elegant solutions are more effective, but they are harder to find than complex ones, and they require more time, which we too often believe to be unaffordable

If I have learned anything as a scientist, it is that one should not make things complicated when a simple explanation will do.

No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.

My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.

Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.

Our goal is to try to bring a calm and simplicity to what are incredibly complex problems so that you're not aware really of the solution.

Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.

I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.

My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

They are deceptively simple. I admit that. But for me, all my life I try to simplify things. As a child in school, things were very hard for me to understand often, and I developed a knack, I think. I developed a process to simplify things so I would understand them.

I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers.

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

The best types of problems are those that seem harder at first than when you think about it.

It's so easy to make things complicated in business.

The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are.

I'm a perfectionist. And that's served me very well in my career. It allows me to handle these large, complex problems without letting things fall through the cracks... That is the mentality you have to have to attack these complex problems of chip design, for example, when you're overwhelmed with complexity.

Well, some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years, and it turns out that they're extremely hard to solve.

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.