Quotes About Simplicity

Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.

Seems to me if you talk about these things too much, the magic gets lost and pretty soon talk is all there is. Some things in life just... are.

Bauhaus design at its best demonstrates that the ordinary and the everyday, when addressed with discernment and tastefulness, have a candor and clarity that calm the insides.

Josef Albers devoted his life to extolling the merits of "minimal means for maximum effect.

What counted was focus, paring down: the form of the Parthenon as opposed to all the ornament and complexities of wedding-cake architecture.

You can take a book to the beach without worrying about sand getting in its works. You can take it to bed without being nervous about it falling to the floor should you nod off. You can spill coffee on it. You can sit on it. You can put it down on a table, open to the page you're reading, and when you pick it up a few days later it will still be exactly as you left it. You never have to be concerned about plugging a book into an outlet or having its battery die.

Simplicity itself is the key. Education in ballet, dance, martial arts, etc., is done through poses, or to be more precise, through a countless series of poses. Perfection of movement is achieved through the flow of perfectly rehearsed poses.

Occam's razor, the philosophical basis of all science: assume the simplest natural cause. That answer might turn out not to be correct, but we should not resort to more complex reasoning unless it is shown to be necessary.

Personally, I don't bother with anything cheap—my mother always said cheap was dear in the long run—but some people aren't fussy.

Your body and your mind need to be clear, uncluttered, for what lies ahead.

Begu was the only person who didn't make her angry. With Begu she didn't have to think.

To live with lucidity a simple, quiet, discreet life among intelligent books, loving a few beings.

Wir sollten uns nur den Dingen widmen, die bei einem Zusammenbruch unversehrt bleiben würden.

Mensch ohne Vorurteile bedeutet gewöhnlich Mensch ohne Geistigkeit. Vorurteile, Aberglauben, Skrupel sind Keime des Geistes, der in einfachen Seelen sprießt. Mit ihnen aufzuräumen, um von den Seelen die Last zu nhmen, die "den freien Ausdruck des Geistes erstickt", begünstigt lediglich die Erosion dieser armen Boden.

Wir müssen das Leben darum bitten, uns vegetieren zu lassen, denn nur so können wir Blüten treiben.

Reeducating man will consist of teaching him once again to value objects correctly: that is, to need few.

Technology would present fewer dangers if manipulating it were not so simple for the imbecile and so profitable for the thief.

Triviality is the price of communication.

Ce que l'on conçoit bien s'énonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément.

When two words are identical, you must not take undue offence or think you have been wronged in terms of choice. Simplicity is a fine patience of meaning.

said. And it's clear, isn't it? Anyone can

Complexity is the main enemy of security.

An interesting argument is that actually 'the best service is no service 'because if you get things right in the first place, customers do not want your service.

I'm painting color squares. One square - one color. That's what I paint.