Alan Perlis Quotes

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

Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety. It is the goal, not the starting point.

I think that we're always drawn - particularly sophisticated people - are always drawn to the idea of simplicity.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

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

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

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

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.

I think simplicity is a good guide: The more economical a theory, the better.

I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. 'Less is more' remains my mantra.

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

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

Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.

The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity ... the ability to express the utmost with the minimum. It is the halfway cultivation that leads to ornamentation.

Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts.

Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.

Anybody can make the simple complecated. Creativity is making the complecated simple.

Simplicity is complexity resolved

I've spent my life trying to make things simpler.

It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple.

Simplicity, it seems, has always been wasted on those who simply cannot appreciate it

The best way is always the simplest. The attics of the world are cluttered up with complicated failures.