Seek simplicity and distrust it.
- Alfred North Whitehead
What a simple and insightful quote!
Assuming that by 'simplicity' Whitehead means 'simplification', I interpret the quote as follows:
Simplification involves ignoring some part of reality, especially exceptions and outliers, and so it does not bring out the whole truth. It is nevertheless immensely useful for comprehension and communication.
Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.
- George E. P. Box
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.
- Colin Powell
Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.
- Martin Fischer
