Small minds talk about each other, mediocre minds talk about events, and superior minds talk about ideas. Genius recognizes gensis, Talent recognizes talent, But mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself. Genius likes to challenge the impossible. History has shown that progress comes from differentiation, not uniformity. To press beyond existing limits takes imagination, education, experience, persistence, patience, teamwork, a willingness to learn, and a deep seated commitment on the part of everyone involved to press the envelope.
Elegance is simplification.
As engineering designs evolve, they gain false sophistication - empty but seductive ingenuities. Ruthlessly, agonizingly, these must be stripped away. We trained hard . . . I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.