I wouldn’t trade a farthing for simplicity on the near side of complexity, but I would give my left arm for the simplicity on the far side of complexity."
– Oscar Wilde
The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanations of complex facts. We are apt to fall into the error of thinking that the facts are simple because simplicity is the goal of our quest. The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, Seek simplicity and distrust it.
Many times the insights that make it possible to simplify things cannot be found until you first make them more complex-complicated.