Simplicity Quotes
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As an individual, I think you have to find your own path. I like the simplicity and purity of Hinduism and many elements of Buddhism. These are all means of accessing spiritual energy.
Dave Davies The Kinks
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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
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Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
Coco Chanel
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Lispers are among the best grads of the Sweep-It-Under-Someone-Else's-Carpet School of Simulated Simplicity. [Was that sufficiently incendiary?]
Larry Wall
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
Henry Ward Beecher
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As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.
Albrecht Durer
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The greatest ideas are the simplest.
William Golding
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People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity. (from inside the cover)
Douglas Coupland
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And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.
Will Wright
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No weapons are more potent than brevity and simplicity.
Katherine Cecil Thurston
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Official history has been tampered with in the most extraordinary way, so that we continue to see the world in the child-like simplicity of good and evil, heroes and villains. The world is rarely like that. Therefore the need to create opposing 'sides' and encourage conflict becomes essential.
David Icke
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Twelve Priceless Qualities of Success: 1. The value of time. 2. The success of perseverance. 3. The pleasure of working. 4. The dignity of simplicity. 5. The worth of character. 6. The power of kindness. 7. The influence of example. 8. The obligation of duty. 9. The wisdom of economy. 10. The virtue of patience. 11. The improvement of talent. 12. The joy of originating.
Marshall Field
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I work very hard to achieve simplicity, which is never natural, never spontaneous. It's always obtained at the price of a great effort.
Eugene Green
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Pray God, keep us simple.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there.
Demetri Martin
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Simplicity is the essence of the great, the true, the beautiful in art.
George Sand
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I've always liked the simplicity of the Black Panther costume. I've never liked when people give him flashy capes and other adornments.
Brian Stelfreeze
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I feel that, historically, the Art Deco period has the most resonance for me. As a person, it has to be the plucky Clara Bow, the heroine of American silent movies of the 1920s. She embodied feminine dressing mixed with men's style. All this then evolved into the exquisite style and simplicity of Coco Chanel.
Anouska Hempel
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A short story can be packed with meaning and impact, with the concentrated density of a collapsed star, but should preferably also have a kind of elegant simplicity.
Jeffrey Thomas
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It does not matter whether one paints a picture, writes a poem, or carves a statue - simplicity is the mark of a master-hand.
Elsie de Wolfe
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The primitive simplicity of their minds renders them a more easy prey to a big lie than a small one.
Adolf Hitler
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I love the simplicity of the Cube because it's a very clear geometrical shape, and I love geometry because it's the study of how the whole universe is structured.
Erno Rubik
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I have much respect for the people that I work with, and it's reciprocal. My shoots are always very calm. Everyone has their work to do, and we try to respect everyone's work and give them the time necessary. There's never any tension. That's something that helps to attain the simplicity that I'm looking for.
Eugene Green
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There is no problem so complicated that you can't find a very simple answer to it if you look at it right … Or put it another way, 'The future of computer power is pure simplicity.'
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