#implicit

What is so brilliant about the gadgets is their simplicity. ↗

— Desmond Llewelyn

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As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration. ↗

— Laura Nyro

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That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns. ↗

— Daniel Okrent

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There's something really appealing about the simplicity of black-and-white images. ↗

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. ↗

— George Sand

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One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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Simplicity makes me happy. ↗

— Alicia Keys

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I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there. ↗

— Demetri Martin

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The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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In literature, too, we admire prose in which a small and astutely arranged set of words has been constructed to carry a large consignment of ideas. 'We all have strength enough to bear the misfortunes of others,' writes La Rochefoucauld in an aphorism which transports us with an energy and exactitude comparable to that of Maillard bridge. The Swiss engineer reduces the number of supports just as the French writer compacts into a single line what lesser minds might have taken pages to express. We delight in complexity to which genius has lent an appearance of simplicity. (p 207) ↗

— Alain de Botton

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