Simplicity Quotes

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Practically speaking, a life that is vowed to simplicity, appropriate boldness, good humor, gratitude, unstinting work and play, and lots of walking, brings us close… — Gary Snyder
For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
I once heard a woman who had lost her dog say that she felt as though a color were suddenly missing from her world: the… — Caroline Knapp
Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their… — Jean de la Bruyere
Don't get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity. — Mark Hyman, M.D.
We in the "developed" world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude. When I return… — Joan Halifax
Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion,… — Laozi
Reading, therefore, is a co-production between writer and reader. The simplicity of this tool is astounding. So little, yet out of it whole worlds, eras,… — Ben Okri
Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparsity of the… — Edward Abbey
Simplicity is always a virtue. One kid on a riverbank working out a Stephen Foster tune on his new harmonica heard from the correct esthetic… — Edward Abbey
The future of computer power is pure simplicity. — Douglas Adams
A quote that I like very much comes close to explaining my attitude about taking photographs. â€˜Chinese poetry rarely trespasses beyond the bounds of actuality… — Stephen Shore
Cultivate simplicity or rather should I say banish elaborateness, for simplicity springs spontaneous from the heart. — Charles Lamb
Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. In terms of idea the… — Sol LeWitt
Code wants to be simple... I had to give up the idea that I had the perfect vision of the system to which the system… — Kent Beck
Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts. — Brian Herbert
For the most part, we, who could choose simplicity, choose complication. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Kindness, as we will see, has many facets. But its essence is as simple as can be. We will find that kindness is a way… — Piero Ferrucci
How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart. — William Wordsworth
Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me… — Ben Jonson

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