Simplicity Quotes

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Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. — Charlie Chaplin
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. — Albert Einstein
I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have… — Yves Saint Laurent
Understanding reduces the greatest to simplicity, and lack of its causes the least to take on the magnitude. — Raymond Holliwell
The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a… — William Falconer
They are unique in the simplicity, the diversity, the related harmony of the forms of life that they enclose. — Marjory Stoneman Douglas
French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well. — Edward Sapir
These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to… — Edward Sapir
Simplicity should not be identified with bareness. — Felix Adler
The absence of the heavy boot of Europe has preserved to these people the agile walk of the wild animal, while the general simplicity of… — John Millington Synge
A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long. — Eugene Delacroix
One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity. — Rem Koolhaas
People are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. I learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients… — Brendon Burchard
Men tend to try to struggle to be more rational and reduce things to simplicity more and are more impatient with ambiguity than women are. — John Crowley
And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy. — Feist
We are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a… — Ben Whishaw
The key to a good meal is simplicity and the right seasoning. — Buddy Valastro
Instagram has become one of my favorite platforms because of its simplicity. — Amy Jo Martin
Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly, with great subtlety and bliss — Confucius
Behind the complicated details of the world stand the simplicities: God is good, the grown-up man or woman knows the answer to every question, there… — Graham Greene

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