#simplicity

Like all magnificent things, it's very simple. ↗

— Natalie Babbitt

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People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple. ↗

— Pete Seeger

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The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

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Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. ↗

— Henry Adams

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I always go for simplicity. ↗

— David Bailey

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Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art. ↗

— Frederic Chopin

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Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

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I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity. ↗

— Jil Sander

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The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication. ↗

— George Santayana

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