Quotes about simplicity
simplicity complicated sometimes
My life can be insanely complicated sometimes, and there's a certain simplicity that I crave. Kenny Chesney
simplicity taste
Taste has never been corrupted by simplicity. Joseph Joubert
simplicity
Everything that is exact is short. Joseph Joubert
simplicity hunger nobility
We hunger for nobility: the rare words and acts that harmonize simplicity and truth. J. Robert Oppenheimer
simplicity would-be world
To abandon the principle of simplicity would be to abandon all reasoning about the external world Jim Holt
simplicity inspire disrespect
Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect. Honore de Balzac
simplicity storm captains
During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo. Honore de Balzac
simplicity subtle affected
Affected simplicity is a subtle imposture. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
simplicity delicate imposition
Simplicity is a delicate imposition. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
simplicity done world
We favor hypotheses for their simplicity and explanatory power, much as the architect of the world might have done in choosing which possibility to create. Ian Hacking
simplicity looks painting
Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me. Jasper Johns
simplicity saws awful
She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand. F. Scott Fitzgerald
simplicity fundamentals quests
The quest for simplicity has to pervade every part of the process. It really is fundamental. Jonathan Ive
simplicity hard
Simplicity is really hard. Jonathan Ive
simplicity absence clutter
Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, Jonathan Ive
simplicity innocence knows
Oh that simplicity and innocence its own unvalued work so seldom knows! Percy Bysshe Shelley
simplicity way silent
The refined simplicity should develop out of the complex. It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkie instead of the other way around. Mary Pickford
simplicity problem
Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing. Paulo Coelho
simplicity bugs avoiding
Avoiding complexity reduces bugs. Linus Torvalds
simplicity answers needs
I don't need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me. Linda McCartney
simplicity genius
There is no genius where there is not simplicity. Leo Tolstoy
simplicity domain wells
Simplicity and beauty are the signs not of truth but of a well-constructed approximate model of a limited domain of phenomena. Lee Smolin
simplicity great-freedom
There is great freedom in simplicity of living. Peace Pilgrim
simplicity world modern
The modern world... has no notion except that of simplifying something by destroying nearly everything. Gilbert K. Chesterton
simplicity leaving insane
As an explanation of the world materialism has a sort of insane simplicity. It has the quality of a madman's arguments; we have at once the sense of it covering everything and the sense of it leaving everything out. Gilbert K. Chesterton
simplicity needs complexity
Simplicity and complexity need each other. John Maeda
simplicity soul common
A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale. Joseph Conrad
simplicity too-much littles
Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much. Joshua Reynolds
simplicity musical important
The qualities in music which I considered most important - and still do - were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity. Paul Desmond
simplicity unreliability complexity
A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable. Paul Dickson
simplicity trying alternatives
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false. Not this course, but any other, requires explanation. If you want to go somewhere quickly, and several alternate routes are equally likely to be open, no one asks why you take the shortest. The simplest theory is to be chosen not because it is the most likely to be true but because it is scientifically the most rewarding among equally likely alternatives. We aim at simplicity and hope for truth. Nelson Goodman
simplicity aim
We aim at simplicity and hope for truth. Nelson Goodman
simplicity lines austerity
The famous Florentine elegance, which attracts tourists to the shops on Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova, is characterized by austerity of line, simplicity, economy of effect. Mary McCarthy