I like a thing simple but it must be simple through complication. Everything must come into your scheme, otherwise you cannot achieve real simplicity.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Real simplicity comes from including everything in a scheme, not ignoring it.
- In plain terms
- Simplicity needs to handle complexity to be real.
- What can you take from it?
- Simplify by organizing complexity, not denying it.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you simplify your work?
- Can simplicity include complexity?
Another view
It can be hard to include everything without chaos.
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