#simplicity

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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I like simplicity; I don't need luxury. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

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The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. ↗

— Thomas More

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Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition. ↗

— Riccardo Muti

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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

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There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity. ↗

— Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

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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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I'm a big fan of simplicity, especially with songs and I try not to make them complicated. I just make them simple and let people absorb that message themselves. That's my theory. ↗

— Graham Russell

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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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