Simplicity Quotes
- ...it is simplicity that is difficult to make. — Bertolt Brecht
- Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible. — Alan Kay
- At first I hoped that such a technically unsound project would collapse but I soon realized it was doomed to success. Almost anything in software… — Tony Hoare
- It's hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn't a book… — Bruce Tognazzini
- The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise. — Edsger Dijkstra
- The difference between a good and a poor architect is that the poor architect succumbs to every temptation and the good one resists it. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. — David Gelernter
- Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing to a building as being maintenance. — Jim Horning
- Voluntary simplicity has more to do with the state of mind than a person's physical surroundings and possessions. — Duane Elgin
- As my spiritual growth expanded and developed, voluntary simplicity was a natural outgrowth. I came to realize the cost of material accumulation was too high… — Duane Elgin
- It seems to me that inner growth is the whole moving force behind voluntary simplicity. — Duane Elgin
- To me, voluntary simplicity means integration and awareness in my life. — Duane Elgin
- Simplicity is the whole secret of well-being. — Peter Matthiessen
- One remarkable feature of the devotional masters is the incredible sense of uniform witness in the midst of such diverse personalities... and the necessity of… — Richard J. Foster
- I recommend to you holy simplicity. — Saint Francis de Sales
- Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is known in simplicity,… — Albert Schweitzer
- The simplicity that all this presupposes is not easy to attain. I find that my life constantly threatens to become complex and divisive. A life… — Thomas Merton
- Poverty is mean and degrading to the human spirit, whereas a life of conscious simplicity can have both a beauty and a functional integrity that… — Duane Elgin
- In a world where nearly one billion people live near the edge of physical survival the relevance of intentional simplicity by the more affluent people… — Duane Elgin
- Strive for simplicity. You never have to fix what you leave out. — Bill Lear