“Life is one long struggle to disinter oneself, to keep one's head above the accumulations, the ever deepening layers of objects ... which attempt to cover one over, steadily, almost irresistibly, like falling snow.” LongLife IsFallStruggleObjectsSimplicityOneselfSnowLayersAccumulation Author:Rose Macaulay
“Perfect beauty implies perfect simplicity, a quality that at first sight does not arouse the emotions which we feel before gigantic works, objects whose very disproportion constitutes an element of beauty.” FeelsFirstsDoePerfectEmotionQualityObjectsElementsSightSimplicityPerfect Beauty Author:Eugene Delacroix
“The science of the church is neglected for the study of geometry, and they lose sight of Heaven while they are employed in measuring the earth. Euclid is perpetually in their hands. Aristotle and Theophrastus are the objects of their admiration; and they express an uncommon reverence for the works of Galen. Their errors are derived from the abuse of the arts and sciences of the infidels, and they corrupt the simplicity of the gospel by the refinements of human reason.” HumansArtReasonHandsEarthHeavenLosesChurchStudyObjectsAbuseSightMathematicsErrorsSimplicityAdmirationReverenceEmployedNeglectedGeometryUncommonRefinementMeasuringArt And ScienceInfidelHuman ReasonEuclidGalen Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated)
“I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism. The spirit is opposed, not only to the splendor, but even to the very forms of monarchy, and many of its precepts have for their objects republican liberty and equality as well as simplicity, integrity, and economy in government. It is only necessary for republicanism to ally itself to the Christian religion to overturn all the corrupted political and religious institutions of the world.” WorldWellsGovernmentChristianFormPoliticalSpiritStrongReligiousLibertyChristianityEconomyObjectsIntegrityRepublicanInstitutionsSimplicityAlliesMonarchySplendorRepublicanismLiberty And Equality Author:Benjamin Rush
“For my part, I should be inclined to suggest that the chief object of education should be to restore simplicity. If you like to put it so, the chief object of education is not to learn things; nay, the chief object of education is to unlearn things.” IfsShouldObjectsSimplicityChiefsUnlearn Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“A line partakes of the simplicity of a point more than does a surface; and a surface [partakes thereof more] than does a material object-as was evident. From this consideration of a point and a material object elevate yourself unto a likeness of True Being and of the universe; and by means of [this] quite clear symbolism [of a point] make a conjecture about what has been said.” MeanDoeHas BeensSaidUniverseLinesClearObjectsMaterialsSimplicitySurfaceConsiderationEvidentSymbolismConjecture Author:Nicholas of Cusa
“Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, that's a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product. The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That's not simple.” PurposeSimpleObjectsProductsConsequencePhilosophicalSimplicityAbsenceDescribingClutterSimplicity In DesignProduct Design Author:Jonathan Ive