“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creative.”

“Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple.”

“Anybody can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple.”

“Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.”

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

“The essence of math is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.”

“Simple is good," he said. "I've lived through complicated. Complicated hurts. Simple sustains you. Complicated makes you hungry for simple.”