Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me. — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
“Simple is good," he said. "I've lived through complicated. Complicated hurts. Simple sustains you. Complicated makes you hungry for simple.” — Amy Lane Copy Share Image
The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling. — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Sometimes the simplicity of just declaring who God is and the greatness of who He is... sometimes you just have to say… — Jeremy Camp Copy Share Image
In writing, I search for believability, simplicity and emotional impact. — Hal David Copy Share Image
The art of writing is to explain the complications of the human soul with the simplicity that can be universally understood. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“large part of her simplicity consisted in determining not to want what she could not have with ease. So” — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
The quest for simplicity has to pervade every part of the process. It really is fundamental. — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
...the book is a manifesto to make the Web atone for the sins of computers and regain a level of simplicity that… — Jakob Nielsen Copy Share Image
By the word simplicity, is not always meant folly or ignorance; but often, pure and upright Nature, free from artifice, craft or… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Kingsley Amis was a lenient father. His paternal style, in the early years, can best be described as amiably minimalist - in… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
It is rather easy to complicate life with various, beautiful, fancy definitions than to live simple dignified life with no space for… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
As an explanation of the world materialism has a sort of insane simplicity. It has the quality of a madman's arguments; we… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Indeed, I still read a fair amount of French literature and I am very attracted to the emotional depth and simplicity of… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
The single most effective way to make a service as reliable as possible is to make it as simple as possible. Find… — Tom Limoncelli Copy Share Image
“The vanity of intelligence is that the intelligent man is often more committed to 'one-upping' his opponent than being truthful. When the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Like William Morris, Joe Hollis asks us to perceive paradise gardening as a juncture where artfulness directly serves life. In fact, we… — Jim Nollman Copy Share Image
All the simplicity in the world can do no good, unless you preach the simple gospel of Jesus Christ so fully and… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Combining in our survey then, the whole range of deposits from the most recent to the most ancient group, how striking a… — Roderick Murchison Copy Share Image
“… simplicity is the key to almost everything. If something can be simply stated and simply understood, it will generally translate into… — Courtenay Bryce Copy Share Image
The rate of change is global now. I think there's a kind of mind that is so ill at ease with that… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Were it not for Occam's Razor, which always demands simplicity, I'd be tempted to believe that human beings are more influenced by… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
The simplicity that all this presupposes is not easy to attain. I find that my life constantly threatens to become complex and… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The beginner should approach style warily, realizing that it is himself he is approaching, no other; and he should begin by turning… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
“But there are times in the history of humanity when cleverness might as well be simplicity.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Happiness is really rooted in simplicity. The tendency to excessiveness in thought and action diminishes happiness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A captivated heart, a bridled tongue, a limited curiosity, and a slow reentry after prayer are necessary disciplines of simplicity.” — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
The sun is simple. A sword is simple. A storm is simple. Behind everything simple is a huge tail of complicated. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It was not the outer granduer of the Roman but the inner simplicity of the Christian that lived through the ages. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“Unplugging from digital distractions is an act of radical self-care and rebellion.” — Ken Breniman Copy Share Image
“Ideas will never give you what you want. You want the simplicity of being. The peace that surpasses understanding. The reality of… — Joey Lott Copy Share Image
Cultivate simplicity or rather should I say banish elaborateness, for simplicity springs spontaneous from the heart. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
What strikes me most about Best Buddies International is the simplicity and magnitude of the mission. Friendship is a simple idea. — Tom Brady Copy Share Image
Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties. — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
Children are born with their own optimism. They have a clarity and a simplicity that we can only wish for. — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
“The composition of these rooms represents the basic intention behind my design: simplicity, essentiality and openness.” — Dieter Rams Copy Share Image
The tall modern office building is the machine pure and simple...the engine, the motor and the battleship the works of the century. — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Complexity is acceptable as long as it is intelligible and necessary. We want to avoid needless complications. — Donald A. Norman Copy Share Image
