[The process of system design is]… consisting of the development of a sequence of mathematical models of systems, each one more detailed than the last.
Technically, it’s about getting the basic forms and proportions right for your goal. It’s NOT about details. Details are easy and definitely keep designs alive onscreen, but if the basic forms are not natural, believable and convincing, no amount of details is going to make much difference. And when in doubt, study Mother Nature.
God is in the details.
Are the details of our lives who we are, or is it owning those details that makes the difference?
We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking of it in generalities.
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail.
The truth is in the details.
It is not possible to design a laboratory resource allocation experiment without designing an institution in all its detail.
Emotions are the sums created by details, whether those details are true or not.