It is, however, a statement about something very unfamiliar to the plain man, namely the rate of change of a rate of change. Possible Worlds, 1927. Elbert Hubbard Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World.
Technical skill is mastery of complexity while creativity is mastery of simplicity.
Simplify Seek simplicity, and distrust it. Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony.