He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.

As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.

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

I'm learning simplicity and how to wear my body. I'm enjoying life and trying to be the best me.

To be alive is to totally and openly participate in the simplicity and elegance of here and now.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.

Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.

I'm just going to let people watch whatever little movie they think our lives are and go for it.

People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity.

Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling.

Suddenly it was clear to me that all the beautiful complexity of life had simplicity at its core.

To abandon the principle of simplicity would be to abandon all reasoning about the external world

A childlike mind in its simplicity practises that science of good to which the wise may be blind.

You're trying to make your painting too complicated. Paintings get complicated all by themselves.

...the only simplicity to be trusted is the simplicity to be found on the far side of complexity.

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.

The essence of voluntary simplicity is living in a way what is outwardly simple and inwardly rich.

Less is more. Simplicity is awesome. That's all you need in life. Its just my personal philosophy.

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

To my mind that literature is best and most enduring which is characterized by a noble simplicity.

Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?

Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.

There are three basic principles behind any well-designed product: truth, humanity, and simplicity.

Life is simplified when there is one center; one reason, one motivation, one direction and purpose.

During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo.

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

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

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

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

Remember that in giving any reason at all for refusing, you lay some foundation for a future request.

My dad was a poet. He saw the world through unique glasses, with simplicity, spirituality, and humor.

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to thee.

As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Apple products aren't simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them.

The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, seek simplicity and distrust it.

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

Where there is simplicity, there are a hundred Angels, but where there is cleverness - there are none.

The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.

The modern world... has no notion except that of simplifying something by destroying nearly everything.

My love of dynamic complications often led me to avoid simplicity when perhaps it was the wisest choice.

Meditation could be said to be the Art of Simplicity: simply sitting, simply breathing and simply being.

I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.

The harder you work, the more confidence you get. But you may be working hard on something that is false.

It was so simple to paint things as I saw them; to put without special calculation a red close to a blue.

For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.

Joshua chose the simple life ... because it gave him the freedom to expand the breadth of his inner life.

Painting is just like making an after-dinner speech. If you want to be remembered, say one thing and stop.

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