Simplicity Quotes

In everything, love simplicity.

A recurring ideal, I find, is that of simplicity. At times there comes the desire to write with great precision and clarity, words so simple and moving that they bring tears to the eyes.

One of the principal objects of theoretical research in my department of knowledge is to find the point of view from which the subject appears in its greatest simplicity.

The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.

simplicity is the key of elegance

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.

Simplicity of approach is always best.

Simplicity takes time, patience & practice. Complexity offers too many excuses for failure

Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts.

There is great freedom in simplicity of living.

The primitive simplicity of their minds renders them a more easy prey to a big lie than a small one.

Distractions must be conquered or they will conquer us. So let us cultivate simplicity; let us walk in the Spirit.

Every application has an inherent amount of irreducible complexity. The only question is who will have to deal with it, the user or the developer (programmer or engineer).

Simple and faithless as a smile and shake of the hand.

Measures are an innovation that changed a world of innocent and noble simplicity into one forever filled with dishonesty.

All that a Christian does, even in eating and sleeping, is prayer, when it is done in simplicity, according to the order of God, without either adding to or diminishing from it by his own choice.

You gotta know who you are, I think, as a person, I'm a laidback guy. I'm very simple. It's simplicity with me. Everything else, having the 10 cars or the 20 cars is ludicrous.

A well-designed and humane interface does not have to be split into beginner and expert subsystems.

Sometimes one has to say difficult things, but one ought to say them as simply as one knows how.

I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.

In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is readily conceded to every branch of human science.

By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest.

I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to unsophistication, and made a conscious return to simplicity of thinking and living.

In complexity, it is only simplicity that can be interesting.

Simplicity is the key to success.

Whenever two hypotheses cover the facts, use the simpler of the two.

My life can be insanely complicated sometimes, and there's a certain simplicity that I crave.

A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.

Simplicity can intensify the emotion.

Only the ephemeral is of lasting value.

The general problem with ambitious systems is complexity. [...] it is important to emphasize the value of simplicity and elegance, for complexity has a way of compounding difficulties.

The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.

Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.

Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming.

Simplicity is a state of mind.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food.

I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.

The first law of war is to preserve ourselves and destroy the enemy.

These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em.

Everything seems simpler from a distance.

Simplicity means to choose ways of living that touch the Earth more lightly and that reduce our ecological footprint.

There is in art the notion of less is more, which is to say, you don't torture a painting that has already confessed.

Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only.

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.

Simplicity is the law of nature for men as well as for flowers.

To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied.

The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich may find hard to pay.

From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.