Simplicity Quotes

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The simplest things are often the truest. — Richard Bach
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Our life is what our thoughts make it. — Marcus Aurelius
Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls. — Gaston Bachelard
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary… — Lord Acton
I always go for simplicity. — David Bailey
Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art. — Philip James Bailey
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than… — Honore de Balzac
Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. — Henry Adams
It is always the simple that produces the marvelous. — Amelia Barr
We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough? — Wendell Berry
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things. — Constantin Brancusi
Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography. — Anita Brookner
I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself. — Bobby Brown
Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying to find a… — Tim Burton
When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that… — Tim Burton
The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. — Warren Buffett
An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. — Charles Bukowski
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. — Sholom Aleichem

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