Quotes about simplicity
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 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.
simplicity greek honor
When I became thoroughly acquainted with the Greek and Roman authors, I thought it incumbent upon me to do something towards the honor of the place of my nativity, and to vindicate the rhetoric of this ancient forum of our Metropolis from the aspersions of the illiterate by composing A Treatise of the Alercation of the Ancients; wherein I have demonstrated that the purity, sincerity, and simplicity of their diction is nowhere so well preserved as amongst my neighbourhood. John Arbuthnot
simplicity complicated sometimes
My life can be insanely complicated sometimes, and there's a certain simplicity that I crave. Kenny Chesney
simplicity would-be world
To abandon the principle of simplicity would be to abandon all reasoning about the external world Jim Holt
simplicity chiefs should
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.
simplicity sophistication
simplicity is the best sophistication Leonardo da Vinci
simplicity challenges tools
One of the main challenges, for me, has been to keep simplicity in its place. It’s only a tool. It’s not the destination, it’s the vehicle that gets us there Mike Burns
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.
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
simplicity mind literature
To my mind that literature is best and most enduring which is characterized by a noble simplicity. Mark Twain
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.
simplicity absence clutter
Simplicity is not the absence of clutter,
simplicity mind demand
In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is readily conceded to every branch of human science. Simon Greenleaf
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You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. Richard P. Feynman
simplicity style orderliness
The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity. William Strunk, Jr.
simplicity aim complexity
The aim of science is always to reduce complexity to simplicity. William James
simplicity three answers
A curious thing about the ontological problem is its simplicity. It can be put into three Anglo-Saxon monosyllables: 'What is there?' It can be answered, moreover, in a word--'Everything'--and everyone will accept this answer as true. Willard Van Orman Quine
simplicity
In everything, love simplicity. Saint Francis de Sales
simplicity complicated dressings
I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy. Zhang Ziyi
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So friends, every day do something that won't compute. Wendell Berry
simplicity distinction mark
Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction. W. Somerset Maugham
simplicity complexity
Everything has complexity. Everything has simplicity. You just grab it. Yoko Ono