“It was so simple to paint things as I saw them; to put without special calculation a red close to a blue.” SimpleSawsSpecialRedBluePaintSimplicityCalculations Book:Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal Source: Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal
“Until I saw my drawings replayed on the iPad, I'd never seen myself draw. Someone watching me would be concentrating on the exact moment, but I'd always be thinking a little bit ahead. That's especially so in a drawing where you are limiting yourself, a line drawing for example. When you are doing them you are very tense, because you have to reduce everything to such simple terms.” ThinkingLittlesMomentsWould BeBitsTermLinesSimpleSawsExampleLittle BitDrawsDrawingWhere You AreTenseConcentratingIpadsLimiting Yourself Author:David Hockney
“I had wondered for a long time why God had preferences and why all souls did not receive an equal amount of grace [...] Jesus saw fit to enlighten me about this mystery. He set the book of nature before me and I saw that all the flowers He has created are lovely. The splendor of the rose and whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. I realized that if every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness and there would be no wild flowers to make the meadows gay.” IfsLittlesLongBookSoulWould BeWantedJesusLosesSimpleSawsGraceMysteryFlowerAmountFitGayEqualLong TimeSpringRoseI RealizedTinyLovelyCharmScentPreferenceVioletEnlighteningLiliesSplendorMeadowsDaisiesLovelinessWhiteness Author:Therese of Lisieux
“I saw a lady on TV, she was born without arms. That's sad, but then they said, "Lola does not know the meaning of the word 'can't'." That, to me, is even worse in a way. Not only is she missing arms, but she doesn't understand simple contractions. It's easy, Lola - you just take two words, put them together, take out the middle letters, put in a comma, and you raise it up!” KnowsWayDoeSaidTwoHumorFunnyTogetherEasyBornSimpleSawsMiddleMissingTvsArmsLettersRaisesThey SaidContractions Author:Mitch Hedberg
“All the stories of the Bible that I know came to me first from my grandfather's lips... He would see stories in everything. He told stories very easily and very generously, so I loved him for that. He was a simple man, a Victorian; he was born in 1890-something. He saw no reason and had never seen any reason to question his Christian faith. His faith was strong and simple and that's it. And I, like his other grandchildren and the children in his parish, sheltered underneath it.” KnowsMenFirstsChildrenReasonStoriesChristianStrongBornSimpleSawsLipsNo ReasonGrandfatherGrandchildrenMy GrandfatherChristian FaithVictorianParishSimple Man Author:Philip Pullman
“When I had gone through the whole, and saw what a plain, simple, reasonable thing Christianity was, suited to all conditions and capacities; and in the morality of it now, with divine authority, established into a legible law, so far surpassing all that philosophy and human reason had attained to, or could possibly make effectual to all degrees of man kind; I was flattered to think it might be of some use in the world.” ThinkingMenWorldHumansKindReasonPhilosophyWholeUseMightLawSimpleChristianityGoneSawsConditionsDivineMoralityDegreesAuthorityCapacityReasonableFlatteredHuman ReasonSurpassing Book:The Works of John Locke: In Nine Volumes Source: The Works of John Locke: In Nine Volumes
“The Conversation was a movie I saw probably for the first time in the early 2000s. I immediately loved the piano and just how simple it is.” FirstsSimpleSawsConversationFirst TimePiano Author:Petra Haden
“For any American who had the great and priceless privilege of being raised in a small town there always remains with him nostalgic memories... And the older he grows the more he senses what he owed to the simple honesty and neighborliness, the integrity that he saw all around him in those days.” GrowsMemoriesSimpleSawsHonestyIntegrityTownsRemainsRaisedPrivilegeSensesSmall TownPricelessNostalgic Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“When we talked about Socrates, we saw how dangerous it could be to appeal to people's reason. With Jesus we see how dangerous it can be to demand unconditional forgiveness. Even in the world of today, we can see how mighty powers can come apart at the seams when confronted with simple demands for peace, love, food for the poor, and amnesty for the enemies of the state.” PeopleWorldStatesReasonTodayJesusSimplePoorEnemySawsDangerousDemandAppealsUnconditionalAmnestyFood LovePeace Love Book:Sophie's World Source: Sophie's World