I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways. — Ovid Copy Share Image
“The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. -Ludwig Wittgenstein” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
I was pretty much a minimalist. I liked a lot of black at the time, which is very different from my wardrobe… — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
“Don’t look at the person who has it all; look to the personwho doesn’t need it all.” — Toyin Omofoye Copy Share Image
Distractions must be conquered or they will conquer us. So let us cultivate simplicity; let us walk in the Spirit. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, seek simplicity and distrust it. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
By using patches of color and tone it is possible to capture every natural impression in the simplest way, freshly and immediately. — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
Even a billion people is too much. There's no way back to the simplicity we once knew, but there may be a… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
On her new LP, Shatter, Jude Johnstone examines heartbreak and loss with such tender resignation that I wept in acknowledgement of its… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
You have to be careful when you use beauty as a guide. There are many theories people didn't think were beautiful at… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
“Simple is pretty because it is plain; simple is effective because it gives an understandable clear message; simple is genius because it… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
As for the complex ways of living, I love them not, however much I practice them. In as many places as possible,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“They didn't think he was simple-minded. If anything they thought him a little too clever. But there are times in the history… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as… — William P. Alford Copy Share Image
How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural… — Charles G. Dawes Copy Share Image
David Shrigley is somewhere between stand-up comedy and cave paintings. He does these brilliant esoteric, simple drawings - you might even say… — Noah Reid Copy Share Image
“The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
“There is a level of consciousness between sleeping and fully wakening when the worries of the day have not settled upon us;… — John Wyatt Copy Share Image
The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome. I mean the idea that… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I wished to acquire the simplicity, native feelings, and virtues of savage life; to divest myself of the factitious habits, prejudices and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When the peasants and their song had vanished from his sight and hearing, a heavy feeling of anguish at his loneliness, his… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement; a sanded floor and whitewashed walls… — William Morris Copy Share Image
“Selfish needs, wants, and desires needed to be obliterated. Greed, overindulgence, and gluttony had to be expunged from human behavior. The solution… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Simplicity is one of the most unmatchable luxuries in life.” — Indeewara Jayawardane Copy Share Image
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
