Quotes About Simplicity

I was so ordinary, critics couldn't understand it, but looking back, that was the reason for my success. What you see is what you get. People thought, 'I could do that.'

I really admire Nick Hornby - for example, the way that he can make ordinary stuff so beautiful!

There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

If I seem to write most happily about the ordinary things that boys do who live in the country, it is because this is the part of my childhood that I look back upon with the greatest affection.

Telling my grandchildren stories of my growing up is some of our favorite times spent together. They want to know what it was like and what I did as a child. They seem to be especially interested in the organic and simplistic setting I grew up in.

I like everything to happen organically.

Algae are such basic, simple organisms.

I was originally a minimalist, so that's my foundation.

I don't have the habit of wearing ornaments.

Gadgets - our houses are filled with them: ones we need, ones we think we need, and others that were a good idea at the time, but have never made it out of their boxes.

One thing about having children is that even as it complicates many aspects of your life, it simplifies others.

Too many actors try to get too much out of scenes that they ought to be leaving alone, just doing them quickly and getting the hell out.

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

Some of the most green people in our lives are our parents and grandparents, who always bought locally and carefully. I remember my grandmother would buy a jar of cream and make it last for a long time. To me, that is just as green as something with an expensive, eco-savvy label on it.

All the crap that we've encumbered our lives with, it's really meaningless.

We wore blue jeans and T-shirts. Our music was our gimmick.

All I can say is we love what we do, and the audience is still there for us. I think what's given us such longevity is that our music may not be fancy, but it touches a nerve with the average Joe.

I think I lead with empathy and connection to our people. I find that the most effective leadership style for me is to just talk and listen. It sounds simple, but it's so effective.

I think we need to take time out in our lives to realign ourselves with country, to realign ourselves with what we have and the beauty of what we have. I think we've all just got caught up in this way of life that doesn't allow us to be intimate with it any more.

I never think too hard about a look. When you consider an outfit too much, that's when it goes wrong.

I don't follow fashion. I need people to style me because I'm pretty clueless about it and I don't really care. I pretty much wear the same outfit every day when I'm not working.

For me, the most important thing to do is not over complicate things. When you're trying to put an outfit together, wear something easy wearing.

I always loved Michelle Kwan's outfits. Most of them were designed by Vera Wang, and they're just so simple, but the fabric that they used and the way that it was sewn together look so elegant and rich. You could tell that time had been put into it. It wasn't just another spandex, stucco-covered costume.

I believe in classics. I like keeping it simple, whether its colours, cuts, or the outfits I wear.