We all know that the 'divine glory of the ego' is socially a great nuisance; we all do actually value our friends… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Simplicity is a kind of transparency in which subtle nuances can have outsize effects. When everything is visible and appears to be… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Music that is considered minimalism - or post-minimalism music in general - things of that nature or that come from that tradition,… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
We must keep in mind that where the road is crooked, God makes it straight, and where our hearts are wounded, God… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
How good the design is doesn't matter near as much as whether the design is getting better or worse. If it is… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Human relationships are about communicating. Business jargon should be banished in favor of simple English. Simplicity is a sign of truth and… — Helena Rubinstein Copy Share Image
Fate loves to invent patterns and designs. Its difficulty lies in complexity. But life itself is difficult because of its simplicity. It… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“If I talk about her like she’s a being It’s because talking about her I need to use the language of men… — Alberto Caeiro Copy Share Image
Anything that might come under arts should not be subject to the whims of the idiotic market because the market's stupid, and… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
“Simplicity is the foundation of a life well-lived, where we prioritize experiences, relationships, and personal growth over material possessions.” — Henry Johnson Jr Copy Share Image
“Simple answers to greater questions also create shadows, making it easier to hide the truth of things. Sadly, there are many who… — Jordan Baker Copy Share Image
“[Tea-masters] have given emphasis to our natural love of simplicity, and shown us the beauty of humility. In fact, through their teachings… — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
If I preach against the modern artificial life of sensual enjoyment, and ask men and women to go back to the simple… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
As we grow older, life becomes simpler, we just enjoy the present moments with the ones we love. We just love eating,… — Innah Delos Angeles Copy Share Image
“The grass is green The tulip is red A ginger cat walks over The pink almond petals on the flower bed. Enough… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“Hygge happens when we commit to the pleasure of the present moment in its simplicity. It's there in the things we do… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“that he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The basic parts, the start-up molecules, can be supplied in abundance and don't have to be made by some elaborate process. That… — K. Eric Drexler Copy Share Image
The refined simplicity should develop out of the complex. It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of… — Mary Pickford Copy Share Image
If you'd spent your life being called "Gyles Brandreth", you would crawl across broken glass to achieve the bliss, the simplicity, the… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication-- Steve Jobs turned this into the slogan behind an early Mac advertising campaign. Which doesn't make it… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I believe an appreciation for simplicity, the everyday - the ability to dive deeply into the banal and discover life's hidden richness… — Joshua Waitzkin Copy Share Image
“That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
When I was working on the lyrics, I thought of all the lullabies we learn as children: "Away in the Manger," William… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
The ideas behind the words are simple ones that work in everyday life; find what we most want to do; do it,… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
I saw a production of 'Titus Andronicus' at the Royal Shakespeare Company with Brian Cox back in 1987. That sort of rocked… — Michael Stuhlbarg Copy Share Image
Most people are great at absorbing information. Guerrilla marketing is needed because it gives small businesses a delightfully unfair advantage: certainty in… — Jay Conrad Levinson Copy Share Image
The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Mozart's joy is made of serenity, and a phrase of his music is like a calm thought; his simplicity is merely purity.… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Ornate rhetorick taught out of the rule of Plato… To which poetry would be made subsequent, or indeed rather precedent, as being… — John Milton Copy Share Image
By the light," he said, when he had mastered himself. "I think that beats singing a lullaby to a stormdog for simplicity… — Alison Croggon Copy Share Image
“There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It would seem that more than function itself, simplicity is the deciding factor in the aesthetic equation. One might call the process… — Raymond Loewy Copy Share Image
In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
True greatness is the most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
My encouragement: delete the energy vampires from your life, clean out all complexity, build a team around you that frees you to… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
I don't believe any more in democracy. But I can't believe in the old sort of aristocracy, either, nor can I wish… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity ... the ability to express the utmost with the minimum. It is the halfway… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
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