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“Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish.”

May Wish Can Do Simple Figures Paint Spheres Cones Cylinders

Author:Paul Cezanne

“The Internet will not become a money machine until the banking industry figures out how to transfer money for free so you can charge USD 0.005 (half a cent) for some simple service like, say, reading a newspaper article you have searched for. With today's payment system, the cost of the transfer of the funds completely dwarf the cost of the service paid for. ... This situation, however, is what acutely prevents the Internet from taking off as a network for paid services.”

Today Reading Simple Half Situation Figures Industry Internet Cost Machines Paid Newspapers Fund Articles Cents Banking Payment Transfers Dwarfs Dwarves

Author:Erik Naggum

“Certainly it is permitted to anyone to put forward whatever hypotheses he wishes, and to develop the logical consequences contained in those hypotheses. But in order that this work merit the name of Geometry, it is necessary that these hypotheses or postulates express the result of the more simple and elementary observations of physical figures.”

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Author:Giuseppe Peano

“I love Prada shirts because they're so decorative and figure-hugging, but I also like Reiss shirts because they're clean, simple and look as if they've come off the peg from a design house.”

Ifs Looks House Simple Figures Design Clean Shirts Hug Peg Prada

Author:Jamie Bamber

“Money destroys human roots wherever it is able to penetrate, by turning desire for gain into the sole motive. It easily manages to outweigh all other motives, because the effort it demands of the mind is so very much less. Nothing is so clear and so simple as a row of figures.”

Mind Humans Able Desire Simple Effort Clear Figures Demand Gains Roots Manage Motive Sole Penetrate

Book:The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind

Source: The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind

“Whatever is pure is also simple. It does not keep the eye on itself. The observer forgets the window in the landscape it displays. A fine style gives the view of fancy--its figures, its trees, or its palaces,--without a spot.”

Giving Doe Eye Simple Forget Views Tree Style Figures Fine Pure Window Spots Landscape Fancy Display Observers Palaces

Book:Pleasures,objects and advantages of literature

Source: Pleasures,objects and advantages of literature

“I know that, in hockey, the object of the game is simple in that you have to get the puck into the net. With figure skating, it's not as simple, and there is a ton of work that goes into it.”

Knows Games Simple Figures Objects Hockey Skating Figure Skating Puck

Author:Patrick Chan

“Ronald Reagan had many fine qualities and he had many shortcomings. He's not the simple, folksy figure that he's often portrayed as.”

Simple Quality Figures Fine Shortcomings

Author:Eugene Jarecki

“You've got to keep things simple. Just identify what you need to do to launch, figure out what resources you need, and surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you!”

People Needs Simple Figures Resources Surround Smarter Surround Yourself Surround Yourself With People

Author:Tim Johnson

“If you're into writing and making people laugh, or just want to video blog something, you should get a simple digital video camera. And all computers now come with an easy video editing software program. Just mess around with that for a little bit, try to figure it out, then just put stuff online and have fun. Never give up!”