Simplicity Quotes

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I like to think that I can introduce people to the idea of simplicity and elegance. — Giorgio Armani
We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or… — Clementine Paddleford
The Christian religion, when divested of the rags in which they [the clergy] have enveloped it, and brought to the original purity and simplicity of… — Thomas Jefferson
The greatest wisdom is in simplicity. Love, respect, tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It's not complex or elaborate. The real knowledge is free. It's encoded in… — Carlos Barrios
Don't let yourself forget that God's grace rewards not only those who never slip, but also those who bend and fall. So sing! The song… — Hildegard of Bingen
If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete, in simplicity with… — C.S. Lewis
The aspects of a thing that are most important to us are hidden to us because of their simplicity and familiarity. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
The simplicity we are looking for is not found in thought. It knows what you have to listen to in every moment and knows it… — Robert Young
Scientific progress is the discovery of a more and more comprehensive simplicity... The previous successes give us confidence in the future of science: we become… — Georges Lemaitre
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak;… — William P. Alford
As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration. — Laura Nyro
These are some of the characteristics of the state of mind which the creation and appreciation of haiku demand: Selflessness, Loneliness, Grateful Acceptance, Wordlessness, Non-intellectuality,… — Reginald Horace Blyth
Beneath all the wealth of detail in a geological map lies an elegant, orderly simplicity. — John Tuzo Wilson
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false.… — Nelson Goodman
The Unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have… — Verlyn Klinkenborg
The simplicity of nature is not to be measured by that of our conceptions. Infinitely varied in its effects, nature is simple only in its… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
A great error is more easily propagated than a great truth, because it is easier to believe, than to reason, and because people prefer the… — Charles-Francois Dupuis
Nature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity. — Victor J. Stenger
There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something… — Anton Chekhov
I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just… — Jonathan Ive

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