Simplicity Quotes

Simplicity is a strict taskmaster.

Simplicity not simplistic.

We have a system in the hands of bureaucracy. Everything is difficult. Everything is complicated. And my idea is simply give simplicity to Italy.

Just as all pop music is not simplistic, not all contemporary concert music is complex. Often what a person connects with goes much deeper than generalized issues of simplicity and complexity.

One of the main challenges, for me, has been to keep simplicity in its place. It’s only a tool. It’s not the destination, it’s the vehicle that gets us there

I like to preserve simplicity rahter than over-polishing. Fashions are changeable. Taste is in realizing the essence of a place.

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.

When I was working on the lyrics, I thought of all the lullabies we learn as children: "Away in the Manger," William Blake's lullabies. I realized that the key to lullabies is simplicity.

Talking about music and talking about drums brings me back to my beginning and the simplicity, and the excitement about trying to play something and see if it works for your band.

Oh that simplicity and innocence its own unvalued work so seldom knows!

Sometimes we don't know what's best until we're forced into it. Often you can be just as happy or even happier with less.

Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in comfort.

For the first time, the best may err, art may persuade, and novelty spread out its charms. The first fault is the child of simplicity; but every other the offspring of guilt.

I'm more comfortable with simplicity as I get older.

Let us learn to live coarsely, dress plainly, and lie hard. The least habit of dominion over the palate has certain good effects not easily estimated.

Where, but in the simplicity of the Gospel, can you hear about both the dignity of man and the misery of man?

Eloquence is vehement simplicity.

In the beginning was simplicity.

Simplicity, then, is getting in touch with the divine center

Phenomena complex-laws simple....Know what to leave out.

Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy.

Doing a straight-forward, clear-cut task that has a beginning and an end balances out the complexity-without-end that often vexes the rest of my life. Sacred simplicity.

Mastery comes via a monomaniacal focus on simplicity versus an addiction to complexity.

Our complexity is much more likely to lead us astray than any simplicity we may follow.

As much as we all talk about the future and how so many things are merging, there is a simplicity that is crucial.

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.

The expression of truth is simplicity.

You don't have to come from Trinidad to really love Harry Belafonte, you don't have to come from the West Coast to appreciate the simplicity and the beauty of the songs Kurt Cobain wrote.

I want to show people my appeal through my simplicity rather than being 'I'm good looking; I know how to dress' that kind of way.

Our styles [with G-Dragon] are too different. I like simplicity so it's.....too different.

A lot of guys see the complexity of the game; I see the simplicity.

Simplicity is a matter of taste

Walking a dog is a lesson in the simplicities of happiness, but you need to throw sticks to get maximum benefit from the lesson.

I think a lot of tunes can suffer from being so simple, so either they get over-complicated or their simplicity means the simple way to lay them down becomes the difficulty.

If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.

Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.

Bless thy simplicity, Tess

Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity.

What strikes me most about Best Buddies International is the simplicity and magnitude of the mission. Friendship is a simple idea.

The single most effective way to make a service as reliable as possible is to make it as simple as possible. Find the simplest solution that meets all the requirements.

I think simplicity's beautiful when you do it in the right way.

Simplicity hinges as much on cutting nonessential features as on adding helpful ones.

There's been an awful lot of discussion about what is or isn't simple, and people have gotten a pretty sophisticated notion of simplicity, but I'm not sure it has helped.

Pray God, keep us simple.

I am as true as truth's simplicity, And simpler than the infancy of truth.

Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity In least speak most, to my capacity.

A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.

Because the good old rule Sufficeth them,-the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can.

My four articles of faith: clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity.

Everything has complexity. Everything has simplicity. You just grab it.