Simplicity Quotes

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Nothing is true, but that which is simple. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Intellectual comradeship requires that you think your thoughts through to the place where you can make the complex seem simple, the obscure quite clear. — David Seabury
Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do. — Samuel Johnson
There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The qualities in music which I considered most important - and still do - were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity. — Paul Desmond
A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that, so far from helping the foreigner, it… — Edward Sapir
...my policy is not how fast you play, it's not how much you play but it's what you play and where you play it ...… — James Burton
We are in an age of religious complexity. The simplicity which is in Christ is rarely found among us. In its stead are programs, methods,… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I still hate making pictures! And I don't like Hollywood any better. I detest the limelight and love simplicity, and in Hollywood the only thing… — Margaret Sullavan
Architect: Someone who knows the difference between that which could be done and that which should be done. — Larry McVoy
Testing by itself does not improve software quality. Test results are an indicator of quality, but in and of themselves, they don't improve it. Trying… — Steve McConnell
The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build. — Bjarne Stroustrup
Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is… — Eric S. Raymond
How good the design is doesn't matter near as much as whether the design is getting better or worse. If it is getting better, day… — Kent Beck
The soul of politeness is not a question of rules but of tranquility, humility, and simplicity. And in the taking of tea it finds perhaps… — Dorothea Johnson
Simplicity is the essence of universality. — Mahatma Gandhi
The great seal of truth is simplicity. — Herman Boerhaave
Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety. It is the goal, not the starting point. — Maurice Saatchi
The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler. — Edward Teller
The more simple we are, the more complete we become. — Auguste Rodin

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