Quotes About Simplicity

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

Despite its simple and humble design, Zik is certainly today one of our most successful products in terms of intuitive ergonomics.

The ultimate design is little different from the natural world.

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.

I think hand-drawn animation can be something really special. If the character design is quite simple it has the ability to allow people to easily relate to the characters in a special manner.

The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That's not simple.

The design should make the product speak to you.

The way to do good basic design isn't actually to be really smart about it, but to try to have a few basic concepts.

I'm a minimalist when it comes to design.

The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.

When nothing upsets you, you are at the beginning of the path. When you desire nothing, you are halfway on the path; when nothing becomes everything, you are perfected.

Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God.

The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much.

All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.

How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers

A recurring ideal, I find, is that of simplicity. At times there comes the desire to write with great precision and clarity, words so simple and moving that they bring tears to the eyes.

Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.

I'm not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars.

He never complicates a desire by overthinking it, unlike Mirabelle, who spins a cocoon around an idea until it is immobile.

A small heart hath small desires.

Everybody doesn't want to have to be a computer scientist to protect themselves. Most people have no desire to do that.

I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves.

The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.

There is the refusal of style and the refusal of sentimentalism, there is this desire for clarity.