Yeah - overly clever design isn't good design. The novice creates simple work because she isn't capable. The apprentice makes unnecessarily complex designs to

Yeah - overly clever design isn't good design. The novice creates simple work because she isn't capable. The apprentice makes unnecessarily complex designs to impress. The master makes things simple because extra work would be unnecessary. Mastery isn't measured by much complexity has been added. Its measured by how much complexity has been taken away.