A Quote by David Allen

The right amount of complexity is what creates the optimal simplicity — © David Allen
The right amount of complexity is what creates the optimal simplicity

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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
Growth creates complexity, which requires simplicity.
For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have.
...the only simplicity to be trusted is the simplicity to be found on the far side of complexity.
Complexity and intelligence grow from simplicity, not from greater complexity.
The general problem with ambitious systems is complexity. [...] it is important to emphasize the value of simplicity and elegance, for complexity has a way of compounding difficulties.
We, as extremely complex creatures, desperately need to know this story of how the universe creates complexity and why complexity means vulnerability and fragility.
I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just the absence of clutter and ornamentation. It's about bringing order to complexity.
CDs are usually an hour long because that's the amount a CD could hold - not because that's the optimal amount of time for any given musical expression.
Simplicity is complexity resolved
The beauty of simplicity is the complexity it attracts.
The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.
Misery is complexity. Happiness is simplicity.
In complexity, it is only simplicity that can be interesting.
Out of complexity, find simplicity!
A human being creates complexity by writing a novel on the surface of paper; a weather system creates complexity by writing waves on the surface of an ocean. What is the difference between the information carried in the words of a novel and the information carried on the waves of the sea? Listen, and the waves will speak, and someday, I tell you, you will write your thoughts on the surface of the sea.
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