Quotes About Simplicity

'Cake' is a simple, almost traditional and relatable story, that highlights family values and intimate relationship dynamics within a family.

What I love is when I play gigs, it's just me and a guitar - very simple, very direct and intimate, and you hear every lyric, and you hear every detail.

I don't like intrigue. I'm not a man of intrigue.

I'm quite simple, really. I like to play and inhabit my character. I really like to inhabit the situation. It's the situation that intrigues me.

I think you don't need to add anything into your life to be more intuitive, it's more a matter of taking away things that are distracting us from being intuitive.

Invest in decent cookware. One $80 skillet is better than a $100 13-piece set that has nine things you don't need.

The best investments are the easiest ones to approve.

My approach to painting doesn't involve any heavy thinking about how am I going to present this, what am I going to do.

What's great about the iPad and iPhone is that they are easy-on, easy-off.

I don't have an iPhone or anything. There's no TV. It's so easy to become distracted.

What's not to like about a curling iron that does all the work itself?

I like to be grounded by nature, go hiking... go to an isolated island that's not glamorous and touristy at all.

The problem many people have with Italian food is they over-complicate it. Italian food is extremely simple.

We lived off the land in Italy.

Effective tidying involves only three essential actions. All you need to do is take the time to examine every item you own, decide whether or not you want to keep it, then choose where to put what you keep. Designate a place for each thing.

The most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets.

There's nothing worse than looking as if you've tried too hard or preened to within an inch of your life. If I'm wearing a strong item like a really beautiful dress, then I'll play down my shoes and accessories and make my hair really natural.

Though I'm a fashion designer, I never stuff my luggage with too many items.

As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.

To me, the best of 'Jack' is when we have a very good, but small idea, executed to the nines.

My ambition is to stop showing off. I'd love to be a tweedy academic. I'd be happy living in a croft. I like making jam. So why am I a semi-public figure?

We're not big on irony in Jamaica, sarcasm and double-talk. We tend to say things plainly, sometimes to the point of boredom.

A lot of people agree that tidying is connected to how we live, and even though, outside of Japan, houses might be bigger, people have more things than they need.

I'm fascinated by Japanese cuisine.