Simplicity Quotes
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It is some kind of miracle that all knitting is constructed of only two stitches: knit and purl. Sure, you throw in some yarn overs, and sometimes you knit the stitches out of order, but when it really comes down to it, knitting is simplicity. The most incredible gossamer lace shawl ... the trickiest aran ... a humble sock ... each just made with knit and purl.
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In a single sentence the moral is: admit that complexity always increases, first from the model you fit to the data, thence to the model you use to think about and plan about the experiment and its analysis, and thence to the true situation.
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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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Cultivate simplicity or rather should I say banish elaborateness, for simplicity springs spontaneous from the heart.
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Simplicity, without variety, is wholly insipid.
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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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At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.
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The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject.
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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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As a songwriter, simplicity - what not to do, what not to play - can be the hardest thing to achieve.
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Never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it.
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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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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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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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Simplicity and order are, if not the principal, then certainly the most important guidelines for human beings in general.
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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 feel like we want women to be simpler, less complex, so we project a lot of versions of simplicity onto them to fit that.
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Simplicity, without which no human performance can arrive at perfection.
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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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Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.
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You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.
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Simplicity is an asset, not a weakness... The smaller the idea the happier I am.
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Phenomena complex-laws simple....Know what to leave out.
