“One can furnish a room very luxuriously by taking out furniture rather than putting it in.”
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Simplicity Quotes
Source: GIFT FROM THE SEA
“For the most part, we, who could choose simplicity, choose complication.”
Source: SELECTIONS FROM GIFT FROM THE SEA
“When you have cleared all of your clutter, you can be of greater service to those around you.”
“How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart.”
Source: The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life
“To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art.”
Source: Goldsmith's Deserted village, with remarks on the analysis of sentences, exercises in parsing, notes ... and a life of the poet ... By Walter M'Leod
“Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on Simplicity.”
Source: The Republic and Other Works
“In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.”
Source: The Republic: A Socratic Dialogue Concerning the Definition of Justice and the Order and Character of the Just City-State and the Just Man (Beloved Books Edition)
“Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.”
Source: Software Tools in Pascal
Source: Americans
“Human nature has a tendency to admire complexity but reward simplicity.”
“Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.”
“Simplicity, very rare in our age.”
Source: The Offense of Love: Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris, and Tristia 2
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming.”
“It all depends on whether you have things, or they have you.”
“To be alive is to totally and openly participate in the simplicity and elegance of here and now.”
Source: One-minute Mindfulness: 50 Simple Ways to Find Peace, Clarity, and New Possibilities in a Stressed-out World
Source: Prose and poetry
Source: Conrad Stargard: The Radiant Warrior
“Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity.”
Source: The Design and Evolution of C++
“Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means.”