Quotes About Simplicity

Just in general as a person, not necessarily as a songwriter, being in cities wasn't the right fit. I couldn't escape and be in the woods in 10 minutes if I needed to. I like that in Eau Claire, I can walk to a bar or a coffee shop, and there's city-ish things, but I can also drive and in eight minutes be at my parents' land outside of town.

I'm from Minnesota. I like to be barefoot, running through the woods.

I'm moving into a yurt in the woods near my parents' home in Vermont.

I have a terrific relationship with Woody and realize it's full of dramatic overtones, but it's really quite simple. It revolves around conversations, film talk, sports talk, books, and art.

The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility, detachment, and self-sacrifice. Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man.

Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do.

Black-and-white always looks modern, whatever that word means.

The sexiest thing that a woman can do, wear, and say all fall under one word to me: subtlety. To be subtle in the things that she does and the things she says and the things she wears - I appreciate the details.

Apple took the edge off the word 'computer.'

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.

If you can't pronounce a word correctly, just don't use it.

'Design' is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing.

It does not require many words to speak the truth.

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.

I am a simple man who comes from a village, and villagers like us speak our mind. Now, in the process, if unknowingly my words came across as disrespectful or insulting, then I am deeply sorry. I don't want to hurt anyone.

I don't want to say too many words about the magic of the Cube, because it's basically a mystery. It's like the Mona Lisa smile. It's both complex and very simple at the same time. And, well, people like it. Even today.

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle, and I stopped!

The words of truth are simple.

As a cinematographer, I was always attracted to stories that have the potential to be told with as few words as possible.