Why I take physics

I've finally found an answer which satisifies my sentiments more eloquently than my own expression ever could:

"Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness - or as Lederman put it: 'There is a deep feeling that the picture is not beautiful.' "

- Bryson, 2003

Yep, physics is the manifestation of my obsession with the paradox of the simple and the complex.