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“...Simplifications have had a much greater long-range scientific impact than individual feats of ingenuity. The opportunity for simplification is very encouraging, because in all examples that come to mind the simple and elegant systems tend to be easier and faster to design and get right, more efficient in execution, and much more reliable than the more contrived contraptions that have to be debugged into some degree of acceptability....Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.”

“I think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my taste in design and in clothes, and even affects the way I approach music. I'm all about keeping things simple, and minimal, but being able to convey something powerful through that approach.”

Thinking Way Philosophy Able Simple Powerful Style Design Taste Approach Clothes Ultimate Simplicity Sophistication Less Is More

Author:G-Eazy

“The argument is not between adding features and simplicity, between adding capability and usability. The real issue is about design: designing things that have the power required for the job while maintaining understandabili ty, the feeling of control, and the pleasure of accomplishment.”

Real Feelings Jobs Pleasure Issues Design Argument Simplicity Features Accomplishment Capability Maintaining Usability

Author:Donald A. Norman

“It's easy to make something with a million style-lines. Simplicity is the most difficult thing to achieve, and that's how I approach design - very minimal, pare it down, perfect.”

Easy Difficult Lines Perfect Millions Achieve Style Design Approach Simplicity Difficult Things

Author:Keith Michael

“Simplicity, wit, and good typography.”

Creativity Design Simplicity Wit Typography

Author:Michael Bierut

“Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God.”

Christian Remember Desire Design Essence Simplicity Devotion Purity Holiness Devotion To God

Book:The Works of the Rev. John Wesley

Source: The Works of the Rev. John Wesley

“Nature doesn't see things through the prism of good or bad. It rewards efficiency. That is the simplicity of evolution, matching design to environment.”

Environment Design Evolution Rewards Simplicity Efficiency Matching Prisms

Author:Blake Crouch

“If our designs are failing due to the constant rain of changing requirements, it is our designs that are at fault. We must somehow find a way to make our designs resilient to such changes and protect them from rotting.”

Ifs Way Learning Failing Design Protect Rain Constant Faults Simplicity Dues Programming Requirements Resilient Computer Programming Programming Languages Computer Language Rotting

Author:Robert Cecil Martin

“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.”

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”

“Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.”

Process Business Quality Design Management Simplicity Improvement Longevity Procedures Manufacturing Simplification Continuous Improvement Kaizen Layout Quality In Business Poor Quality Design Process

Author:Tom Peters

“Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.”

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

Use Design Comfort Simplicity Architecture Superiors Architect Organic Architecture Organic Agriculture

Book:Frank Lloyd Wright

Source: Frank Lloyd Wright

“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.”

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Author:John Maeda