Problem Difficulty Quotes

We try to solve very complicated problems without letting people know how complicated the problem was.

Some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years, and it turns out that they're extremely hard to solve. There's no reason why these problems shouldn't be easy, and yet they turn out to be extremely intricate.

Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if you’ve decided beforehand it can’t be done.

The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one.

Don't tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren't difficult, it wouldn't be a problem.

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.

If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others.