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Quotes About Simplicity

THEY'RE going THERE with THEIR friends. Seriously, it's not f*cking rocket science.
~ Unknown
THEY'RE going THERE with THEIR friends. Seriously, it is not rocket science.
~ Unknown
If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not.
~ Grace Slick
Dead's not good, but at least it's simple.
~ James S.A. Corey, Cibola Burn
If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an "information architect" and only use Helvetica.
~ David Carson
Design must be functional and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics, without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.
~ Ferdinand Porsche
If you can design one thing, you can design everything.
~ Massimo Vignelli
One of the most significant design principles is to omit the unimportant in order to emphasize the important.
~ Dieter Rams
A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.
~ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Simplicity, wit, and good typography.
~ Michael Bierut
Simplicity, carried to an an extreme, becomes elegance.
~ Jon Franklin
Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking.
~ Milton Glaser
An honest design communicates solely the functions and values it offers. It does not attempt to manipulate buyers and users with promises it cannot keep.
~ Dieter Rams
No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
~ Alan Cooper
The hardest part of design ... is keeping features out.
~ Donald A. Norman
Don't bore the public with mysterious designs.
~ Unknown
Rooms should be timeless.
~ Sister Parish
The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint.
~ Elsie de Wolfe
Simplicity is the final achievement.
~ Frederic Chopin
Math is easy; design is hard.
~ Jeffrey Veen
Design is important because chaos is so hard.
~ Jules Feiffer
The strongest logos tell simple stories.
~ Unknown
Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product.
~ Jonathan Ive
The best design is the simplest one that works.
~ Albert Einstein