Simplicity Quotes - Page 23

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

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

What a lot of things there are a man can do without.

The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.

The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points.

One of the great skills in using any language is knowing what not to use, what not to say. There's that simplicity thing again.

If the artist's will is not strong he will see all kinds of unessential things.

O, how much simpler things would be If eyes could paint or brush could see.

The best things in life are not only free, but the line is shorter.

You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. When you get it right, it is obvious that it is right -- at least if you have any experience -- because usually what happens is that more comes out than goes in.

May God give you - and me- the courage, the wisdom, the strength always to hold the kingdom of God as the number one priority of our lives. To do so is to live in simplicity.

Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be.

Simplicity, very rare in our age.

I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.

I cherished my time filming 'Lord of the Rings' in New Zealand - it's the most beautiful, magical place with great hospitality. I love places that are completely cut off from everything - where I can relax and enjoy the simplicity of nature.

The important thing to understand about American history, wrote Mr. Ibis, in his leather-bound journal, is that it is fictional, a charcoal-sketched simplicity for the children, or the easily bored.

The Simple Life is not a simple life.

Live simply that others might simply live.

Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.

We all have obligations and duties toward our fellow men. But it does seem curious enough that in modern neurotic society, men's energies are consumed in making a living and rarely in living itself. It takes a lot of courage for a man to declare, with clarity and simplicity, that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.

He who hoards much loses much.

A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.

It's a great thing to see the strength of simplicity.

It takes resolution to go forth from the ease and beautiful simplicity of a well-formed hypothesis and struggle with amorphous facts.

My tendency towards bareness and simplification has been practiced in three fields: modeling, colors, and the figuration of the personages.