Quotes by Simplicity In art, one does not aim for simplicity; one achieves it unintentionally as one gets closer to the real meaning of things. Constantin Brancusi simplicityrealart Simplicity is an asset, not a weakness... The smaller the idea the happier I am. Cory Arcangel simplicityweaknessideas Simplicity is a bliss that makes one comprehend. Criss Jami blisssimplicitycontentment Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble. Criss Jami vividsimplicitygenius The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable. Dag Hammarskjold simplicitysimplebook If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements. Dalai Lama simplicitysimplefeelings Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things. Dale Carnegie simplicitysymphonysimple As poet-philosopher Rabindranath Tagore reminds us, "We cannot cross the sea merely by staring at the water." Simplicity has power. And living on purpose comes to this: Just do it. How much simpler can we get? Dan Millman simplicityseawater Most human things are full of conflict and ambivalence, not ease and simplicity. The world has grown increasingly fundamentalist, and the parameters of discussion have become narrowed. People, when they're fearful, are vulnerable to certainty in rhetoric. Dana Spiotta simplicityeasepeople Simplicity is about clarity of thought and being willing to stay in a problem long enough to come to a solution, though it could be right in front of you. Dave Morin claritysimplicitylong The right amount of complexity is what creates the optimal simplicity David Allen optimalcomplexitysimplicity I always go for simplicity. David Bailey simplicity Always be skeptical about simplicity. David Byrne skepticalsimplicity Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. David Gelernter simplicitytechnologyimportant Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities. David Heinemeier Hansson simplicityessencedesire But there's something about the simplicity of Auschwitz... there's just nothing. There's just photographs, there's a room full of limbs, a room full of hair, and then you go into the place where the gas chambers were. You walk down these halls and the efficiency of it is so inhuman. The place is so powerful, just for its utter bald, bare simplicity. David Heyman simplicitypowerfulphotograph What we call a mind is nothing but a heap or collection of different perceptions, united together by certain relations and supposed, though falsely, to be endowed with a perfect simplicity and identity. David Hume simplicityperceptionperfect Anything simple always interests me. David Hockney simplicityinterestsimple And as this is the obvious appearance of things, it must be admitted, till some hypothesis be discovered, which by penetrating deeper into human nature, may prove the former affections to be nothing but modifications of the latter. All attempts of this kind have hitherto proved fruitless, and seem to have proceeded entirely from that love of simplicity which has been the source of much false reasoning in philosophy. David Hume words-of-wisdomsimplicityphilosophy Simplicity, it seems, has always been wasted on those who simply cannot appreciate it David Rakoff simplicityappreciateinspiration«678910111213141516»
