Quotes About Simplicity

I did take some value out of looking at the extreme simplicity of implementation that the tight resource limits required. I do feel that modern games are often abstracted a lot more than is really necessary, and it leads to robustness issues.

Bird cages are nothing of incredible value, but I like them.

My parents are just really down-to-earth, earnest, hardworking people that don't want for anything. I think that really served me because when you put more value on experience than things, then you're going to go out and have experiences.

I come from a farming culture, where we valued raw materials above all.

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, 'why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,' and they abandon their values.

I hope I never git so land hungry and money crazy thet I have no time fer God, family, or friends.

So, if there's a choice between the trimmings or you—then it's easy to leave out the trimmings.

It was much easier to clean feet than to clean shoes.

Many of the girls wear simple dresses to church. We do not make a point of 'dressing up,' nor do we study one another to see what is being worn. Nor does God. It's our hearts He views as we enter the doors to His church. Not our clothing.

Even having to water flowers is too much constraint.

Find a judo solution, one that delivers maximum efficiency with minimum effort. When good enough gets the job done, go for it.

Small is not just a stepping-stone. Small is a great destination itself

The best plans are always the simplest.

Why dig a hole in the garden, when potatoes grow wild in Finland?

The safest course was actually the simplest – do nothing at all, and hope everything turns out for the best. It wasn't a great plan, but it had the benefit of simplicity, and a long tradition.

They continue to eat porridge and take long walks in the forest.

Simply put: the easiest and most likely explanation, however mundane, is probably correct.

The safest course was actually the simplest—do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn't a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition.

guerrillas show their letters to a child because kids can often see the obvious before adults can.

When you find nothing, Morris said, it means you're eliminating what surrounds the something. Is that a Zen thing? Eve questioned. If not, it should be.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

À force de ne jamais réfléchir, on a un bonheur stupide.

What is style? Saying complicated things in a simple way.

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.