Simplicity Quotes

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Don't get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.

There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.

Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.

The great seal of truth is simplicity.

I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can sometimes complicate things a little more. You can become too aware of, 'Okay, this is the scene emotionally. This is where we need to be. We've got the climax coming up.' You can start to analyze it too much.

I despise simplicity. It is the negation of all that is beautiful.

French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things.

Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

What is so brilliant about the gadgets is their simplicity.

The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.

One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject.

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.

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

I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.

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

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

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from doing anything under the pretext of simplicity.

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