Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design.

  • -- Christopher Alexander 克里斯托弗·亚历山大

复杂性是环境设计中的一个重要问题。

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It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection.

如果认为一个人根本不使用语言就能适应现实,而语言只是解决交流或思考的具体问题的一种偶然手段,那就大错特错了。

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.

处理复杂性是一种低效且不必要的时间、注意力和精力的浪费。当事情本来可以简单的时候,却没有任何理由把它复杂化。

When we did concerts, we wanted them to be theatrical events - collaborations with designers, choreographers, and directors - because we thought traditional rock concerts were boring.

当我们举办音乐会时,我们希望它们是戏剧活动——与设计师、编舞和导演合作——因为我们认为传统的摇滚音乐会很无聊。

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.

通过消除生活中不必要的欲望来减少生活的复杂性,生活的劳动也会减少自己。

But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?

但是,唉!有哪个可怜的女人受过这样的教育:她应该有一个比找个丈夫更高的目标?

Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.

幸福不是没有问题,而是有能力解决问题。