Simplicity Quotes
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There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.
Fred Brooks
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My ideals told me that men and women could both go out to work and be truly equal. My children told me something more complicated, something I really didn't want to hear. Their need for me was like the need for water or light: it had a devastating simplicity to it.
Allison Pearson
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Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that Law rules all. And it is enough to remember that law rules all.
Marcus Aurelius
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We were going for simplicity with the Minions and, frankly, I think that's a huge appeal of the characters. They're essentially pills with goggles. A child can draw them quite easily.
Chris Renaud
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Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.
Frank Lloyd Wright
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I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.
John Woolman
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Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.
Branford Marsalis
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A world-changing vision often necessitates a profound simplicity in the user experience.
Joe Gebbia
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Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things.
Constantin Brancusi
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Seniors are attracted to the simplicity of the storefronts, ... They would rather speak one-on-one with a person.
Thomas Scott "Flip" Phillips Alter Bridge
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Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety. It is the goal, not the starting point.
Maurice Saatchi
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What I like so much about Corot is that he can say everything with a bit of tree; and it was Corot himself that I found [back] in the museum of Naples - in the simplicity of the work of Pompeii and the Egyptians. These priestesses in their silver-grey tunics are just like Corot's nymphs.
Auguste Renoir
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Art, it seems to me, should simplify.
Willa Cather
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I miss the simplicity of college, with specific due dates, a consistent schedule, and a solid routine.
Chris Wood
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How can you tell a story with one frame that, by its simplicity, manages to tell a story, a gag that evokes an emotion in you? That became my motto throughout all my life. Simplicity.
Pierre Coffin
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Members of the generation that came of age after World War II-Korean War who join in a relaxation of social and sexual tensions, and who espouse anti-regimentation, mystic-disaffiliation, and material-simplicity values, supposedly as a result of cold-war disillusionment. Coined by Jack Kerouac.
Jack Kerouac
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We hunger for nobility: the rare words and acts that harmonize simplicity and truth.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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We must begin our practice by walking the narrow path of simplicity, the hinayana path, before we can walk upon the open highway of compassionate action, the mahayana path.
Chogyam Trungpa
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The Cube is, at the same time, a symbol of simplicity and complexity.
Erno Rubik
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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
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I like the simplicity of soloing. You've got no gear, no partner. You never climb better than when you free-solo.
Alex Honnold
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Simplicity requires ruthlessness.
Tim Ferriss
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What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.
William Albert Allard
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'You Are So Beautiful,' I think, is probably the, you know, the strongest tune I ever did in just the simplicity in it.
Joe Cocker