To Be Simple Quotes

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.

Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice.

The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.

Ben was a very simple straightforward man with a brilliant quick mind.

Never was flattery lost on a poet's ear; a simple race, they waste their toil for the vain tribute of a smile.

For the beginning is assuredly the end- since we know nothing, pure and simple, beyond our own complexities.

Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting.

And simple truth miscalled simplicity

I am asham'd that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace.

So holy writ in babes hath judgment shown When judges have been babes; great floods have flown From simple sources, and great seas have dried When miracles have by the greatest been denied.

It may safely be asserted that the art of war will soon be reduced to a simple question of expenditure and credit, and that the largest purse will be the strongest arm.

The Primrose for a veil had spread The largest of her upright leaves; And thus for purposes benign, A simple flower deceives.

The moving accident is not my trade; To freeze the blood I have no ready arts: 'Tis my delight, alone in summer shade, To pipe a simple song for thinking hearts.

In Critical and baffling situations, it is always best to return to first principle and simple action

I woke to the sound of rain.

I'm simple. I love hiking, going to the gym, doing some simple stuff. I love being outdoors, I love bike riding. Just stuff that's fun!

I'm a pretty uncomplicated person. I live a very simple life with my family and I enjoy very ordinary things.

Laziness works. And the simple way to incorporate its health benefits into your life is simply to take a nap.

Uniqlo as a company has always developed new fabrics and is always trying to be innovative. The design is simple, so the fabric is important.

My everyday beauty routine is always rushed and pretty simple.

Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.

The better organized you are in the simple things, the more spontaneous and free you can be in the ore important things.

It's easy .... it's a mind that is open to everything, yet attaches to nothing ... it's called freedom that's what it is, plain and simple!

In the quest for fortune and fame...don't forget about the simple things.

O God... make me a child again, even before I die; give me back the simple faith, the clear vision of the child that holds its father's hand.

Sometimes people can only imagine that I live a glamorous life 24/7, which I don't. I just like the most natural and simple things. That's what makes me happy.

[Banning marriage equality is] discrimination, plain and simple. It's really not about votes. It's about people. I think it's the right thing to do as a human being.

I admire writers who can make complicated things simple, but my own talent has been to make simple things complicated.

We will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things.

Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet.

To use a big word or a foreign word when a small one and a familiar one will answer the same purpose, is a sign of ignorance. Great scholars and writers and polite speakers use simple words.

Simple ideas become obsessions, almost like a meditation.

Who lives content with little possesses everything.

One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now. The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.

The simple fact is this: There are no neutral photographs.

While she cut the mushrooms, she cried more than she had at the grave, the most so far, because she found the saddest thing of all to be the simple truth of her capacity to move on.

Don't second guess the mistakes you've made, others will do that for you. Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.

I think Maje typifies that French vibe where it's simple items that are very practical, very wearable but also like incredibly chic and expensive-looking.

The difference between recession and depression is simple. Recession, goes the saying, is when you lose your job; depression is when I lose mine.

Truth is simple, requiring neither study nor art.

I don't care so much about form. Perhaps I did in the beginning, a long time ago. But now I just want to be as straight and simple and as true as possible.

There is no feeling so simple that it is not immediately complicated and distorted by introspection.

Im better for it and I prefer to keep things simple and see what sounds I can get out of my head and hands rather than relying on a sound that someone else created.

Living simply means concentrating on what's important in light of eternity. And not taking the rest of life too seriously.

For good is simple, evil manifold.

Before I came along, my field was dominated by myth, superstition, deceit, and outright fraud. I overcame it by the simple application of logical thinking.

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.

The point is ISIL leaders cannot hide. And our next message to them is simple - you are next.

Good gardening is very simple, really. You just have to learn to think like a plant.