Simplicity Quotes

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

Lao Tzu

Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.

Alford

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

Alexander Pope

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

Aristotle, Rhetoric

Seek simplicity, and distrust it.

Alfred North Whitehead

True refinement seeks simplicity.

Bruce Lee

Simplicity is the peak of civilization.

Jessie Sampte

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

Lao - Tzu, The Way of Lao - Tzu

Nature has a great simplicity and therefore a great beauty.

Richard Feynman

Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.

Oscar Wilde

Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity.

Christopher Zeeman

The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity so have some little frocks but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo DaVinci