Quotes About Simplicity

A busy life is not necessarily an effective life

In the midst of a busy life don't forget to live.

I was named after my mother. And I guess when I started making records, Madonna Ciccone seemed too long and complicated, and I just got stuck with Madonna.

When I was a kid, the high point of the day was to go to the mailbox and see if any mail came for me, and I'm still stuck in that mode.

I never cared about money. When I was at school, I never wanted a car. I was focused on sports, studies, camping, being outdoors.

I'm doing lots of interviews and stuff. I'm longing for the days of getting up, not having to put on makeup and do my hair and just going to the studio.

I lived in a studio apartment until my mid-30s. I don't have an extravagant lifestyle.

I look for a sense of reality with everything I did. I didn't work in a studio, I didn't light anything. I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn't have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me and £5 worth of film in my pocket or maybe it was only £2 in those days.

With the computer and stuff, the difference between a rich guy and a poor guy, to me, is nothing. Because I don't like big houses, I don't drive a car, so you know, I just live in a small apartment and I have my computer, which is really cool.

I don't live for stuff and things, and if I had to live in a cardboard box, I would put curtains on it.

Maine is the best place in the country to live and to raise our family. And it's because of our people and our approach to life. No fuss - no frills - just the stuff that really counts. The beauty around us. Our connection to our mountains and lakes and ocean and farmland.

I'm not really into makeup, not really into fuffing with hair and stuff.

I am often stunned and charmed by the simple brilliance of what children say. But you have to be willing to listen.

I like women who don't wear too much make-up. Natalie Portman is naturally stunning, and so are Charlize Theron and Kate Bosworth.

The main thing is to keep it simple, keep it real, be honest and pull no stunts. You can't forget where you started and came from.

I don't want people confusing what it is that I'm about. I just stand there and sing. And I don't do stunts or anything. if I wanted to do all that, I don't think I'd get away with it.

I would rather be stupid than pretend to be intelligent.

PowerPoint makes us stupid.

I want to figure out a way to not be stupid with money, then make a whole bunch of it, then I want to move to Outer Mongolia. I want to milk a yak. Maybe I'll just settle for a cow. Can you milk a bison?

The Postfix security model is based on keeping software simple and stupid.

In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.

The essence of style is a simple way of saying something complex.

When you buy things that are expensive, like a sofa or something that really feels like an investment, you need to keep it as plain as possible, as simple as possible. Make sure that it's a clean design that will work with whatever style you want it to.

I feel that, historically, the Art Deco period has the most resonance for me. As a person, it has to be the plucky Clara Bow, the heroine of American silent movies of the 1920s. She embodied feminine dressing mixed with men's style. All this then evolved into the exquisite style and simplicity of Coco Chanel.