Simplicity Quotes
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Do you want a list of what my dogs taught me? Patience, perspective, joy, loyalty, the simplicity and presence of their joy. That's a really great daily reminder, bad stuff happens, difficult stuff happens and you take them out onto the beach and you go "OK, now I see". You tell them the current political situation in the world and they go "should we go for a walk?" And you go, right, that's the correct answer.
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Greek culture is pleasant to contemplate because of its great simplicity and naturalness, and because of the absence of gadgets, each of which is sooner or later a cause of servitude.
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History, as well as life itself, is complicated; neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.
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Simplicity, without variety, is wholly insipid.
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Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.
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Young people love what is interesting and odd, no matter how true or false it is. More mature minds love what is interesting and odd about truth. Fully mature intellects, finally, love truth, even when it appears plain and simple, boring to the ordinary person; for they have noticed that truth tends to reveal its highest wisdom in the guise of simplicity.
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Simplicity and order are, if not the principal, then certainly the most important guidelines for human beings in general.
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At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.
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I am a great believer in the simplicity of things and as you probably know I am inclined to hang on to broad & simple ideas like grim death until evidence is too strong for my tenacity.
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The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points.
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One day there springs up the desire for money and for all that money can provide — the superfluous, luxury in eating, luxury in dressing, trifles. Needs increase because one thing calls for another. The result is uncontrollable dissatisfaction. Let us remain as empty as possible so that God can fill us up.
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In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting.
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Never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it.
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How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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I believe that in games, when you're talking about pitting my wits and my brain against your wits and your brain, that simplicity of the game becomes a dominant factor.
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You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.
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The defining qualities are about use: ease and simplicity. Caring beyond the functional imperative, we also acknowledge that products have a significance way beyond traditional views of function.
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A curious thing about the ontological problem is its simplicity. It can be put into three Anglo-Saxon monosyllables: 'What is there?' It can be answered, moreover, in a word--'Everything'--and everyone will accept this answer as true.
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Simplicity, without which no human performance can arrive at perfection.
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It's amazing how many people even today use a computer to do something you can do with a pencil and paper in less time.
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Children are born with their own optimism. They have a clarity and a simplicity that we can only wish for.
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I work within the limits of what I have and know, simplicity and low impact, natural materials and processes, leaving a delicate footprint.
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Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.
