Simplicity Quotes

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

Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary?'

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

Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

A person who makes full use of and exploits his talents,
potentialities,
and capacities.
Such a person seems to be fulfilling himself and doing the best he is capable of doing.
The self-actualized person must find in his life those qualities that make his living rich and rewarding.
He must find meaningfulness,
self-sufficiency,
effortlessness,
playfulness,
richness,
simplicity,
completion,
necessity,
perfection,
individuality,
beauty,
and truth.

Originality consists of returning to the origin. Thus, originality means returning, through one's resources, to the simplicity of the early solutions.

Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Simplicity, good taste and grooming are the three fundamentals of good dressing and these do not cost money.

Good design is as little design as possible. Less, but better - because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.

You are asking yourself, as all of us must: 'Who am I?' . . . 'Where am I?' . . . 'Whence do I go?' The process of enlightenment is usually slow. But, in the end, our seeking always brings a finding. These great mysteries are, after all, enshrined in complete simplicity.

Simplify, then add lightness.

Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.

The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.

Originality implies a return to the origins, original is returning to the simplicity of the first solutions.

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

The greatest step towards a life of happiness and simplicity is to let go. Trust in the power that is already taking care of you spontaneously without effort.

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

In simplicity there is truth.

The last thing is simplicity. After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters, with all its charm. It is the final seal on Art. Anyone who strives for this to begin with will be disappointed. You cannot begin at the end.

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.

The greatest ideas are the simplest.

Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons

No benefit is more constant than simplicity; no happiness more constant than peace.

Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.

Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.

Unity in diversity is India's strength. There is simplicity in every Indian. There is unity in every corner of India. This is our strength.

Acknowledge the elegance of simplicity.

Simplicity is not a simple thing.

When you are introduced to the clarity inside of you, to the simplicity inside of you, to that beauty inside of you, the journey of life begins.

What is so brilliant about the gadgets is their simplicity.

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

The more simple we are, the more complete we become.

Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.

Practically speaking, a life that is vowed to simplicity, appropriate boldness, good humor, gratitude, unstinting work and play, and lots of walking, brings us close to the actually existing world and its wholeness.

Simplicity, wit, and good typography.

The minimum could be defined as the perfection that an artefact achieves when it is no longer possible to improve it by subtraction. This is the quality that an object has when every component, every detail, and every junction has been reduced or condensed to the essentials. it is the result of the omission of the inessentials.

We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown left behind.

Simplicity is a most complex form

To gain freedom is to gain simplicity.

The outside of any building may now come inside and the inside go outside, each seems as part of the other. Continuity, plasticity, and all the new simplicity the imply have at last come home.

To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.

It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find patience enough in yourself to endure, and simplicity enough to believe; that you may acquire more and more confidence in that which is difficult, and in your solitude among others. And for the rest, let life happen to you. Believe me: life is right, in any case.

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail to recognize the luminous simplicity of mind that is always present behind the veils of thought.

Above all, keep it simple.

Simplicity, carried to an an extreme, becomes elegance.

The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.