Quotes About Simplicity

What good is a fast car, a flash house, and a gold-plated dunny to me. Absolutely no good at all.

Almost everything: all external expectations, all pride all fear of embarrassment or failure. These tings just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.

Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.

Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

We want to reinvent the phone. What's the killer app? The killer app is making calls! It's amazing how hard it is to make calls on most phones. We want to let you use contacts like never before - sync your iPhone with your PC or mac.

That's been one of my mantras—focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

Most people have no concept of how an automatic transmission works, yet they know how to drive a car. You don't have to study physics to understand the laws of motion to drive a car. You don't have to understand any of this stuff to use Macintosh.

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.

Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.

It doesn't matter how many times I have to click, as long as each click is a mindless, unambiguous choice.

Don't make me think

Get rid of half the words on each page, then get rid of half of what's left.

Your objective should always be to eliminate instructions entirely by making everything self-explanatory, or as close to it as possible. When instructions are absolutely necessary, cut them back to a bare minimum.

Happy talk must die

Keep it simple, so you'll keep doing it.

When fixing problems, always do the least you can.

It doesn't matter how many times I have to click, as long as each click is a mindless, unambiguous choice. —KRUG'S SECOND LAW OF USABILITY

The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.

Free yourself from the complexities of your life! A life of simplicity and happiness awaits you."

Remember that there is an abundance of happiness that can be found in the smallest of places.

Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothingness."

There is an unlimited amount of power to be found in simplicity. Keep your intent and action simple and the doors of success, happiness, and abundance will fly open for you."

complicated code is a sign that you don't understand your program well enough to make it simple.