Quotes About Simplicity

One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.

Food is important to me, but I wouldn't say that I'm a gourmet. I don't like tricksy food.

I think the law should be comprehensible not only to those who work with it but also to those who are governed by it.

I'm not extra, I'm not going to be the person walking around the house in an extravagant gown during quarantine.

I don't believe in materialistic gifts and grand gestures.

I don't need many things. I don't need glamour and attention to be happy. I'm very happy being settled and working my butt off and trying to win grand slams.

I don't make big grand gestures, generally.

I imagine explaining a work of art to my grandmother in five minutes, and if I can't explain it in five minutes, then it's too obtuse or esoteric.

I'm always telling my students that if they can't explain what they are doing, to their grandmothers, then they probably don't understand it themselves.

If there is one thing that COVID-19 has shown us, it's the little things that we likely took for granted that made our lives seem normal.

Sometimes, the things we think are so simple but not so easy to grasp are the things that work the best.

I'm a bit of a caveman - I don't go out into the digital space very often. I lie facedown on the grass and count how many bugs I can find.

It's just an amazing feeling to walk barefooted in some nice grass.

I can't sit on grass without a blanket.

I don't want to take anything to the grave. I want to die used up and emptied out. I don't want to carry around anything I don't have to. I want to travel light.

A gray V-neck pullover from Gap. I have 30 of them.

I'm so boring. My idea of a great day is just to be home with absolutely nothing to do.

I love things that cost nothing that have great results.

I let my fighting do the talking, I don't have to put on great show and dance to make it bigger than it is.

I'm not the type of person to eat big hunks of meat. I think people are starting to realize that great things come in small batches.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

I'm not a real greedy guy.

I was green. All I knew was to walk my dog and go to church.