Simplicity Quotes

‘Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful.’ – Kailash Satyarthi

‘In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.’ – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

‘I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.’ – Lao Tzu

‘Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.’ – Isaac Newton

‘The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.’ – Douglas Horton

‘The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.’ – Walt Whitman

‘There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.’ – Leo Tolstoy

‘I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.’ – Jil Sander

‘That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.’ – Steve Jobs

‘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

‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.’ – Jeff Rich

‘Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.’ – Edsger Dijkstra

‘I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.’ – Bobby Brown

‘Don’t get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.’ – Mark Hyman

‘Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity.’ – Thor Heyerdahl

‘To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.’ – Bruce Lee

‘Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Believe God’s promises more firmly than ever. Allow your faith to increase in its fullness, firmness, and simplicity.’ – Charles Spurgeon

‘As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.’ – Laura Nyro

‘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

‘We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.’ – Paulo Coelho

‘Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.’ – Philip James Bailey

‘Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.’ – Frank Lloyd Wright

‘The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility, detachment, and self-sacrifice. Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man.’ – Pope Paul VI

‘I like simplicity; I don’t need luxury.’ – Francis Ford Coppola

‘There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.’ – Alexander Pope

‘The Cube is, at the same time, a symbol of simplicity and complexity.’ – Erno Rubik

‘Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, that’s a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product. The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That’s not simple.’ – Jonathan Ive

‘Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.’ – Herbert Hoover

‘Simplicity makes me happy.’ – Alicia Keys

‘Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.’ – Charles Dudley Warner

‘Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.’ – Francis of Assisi

‘UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.’ – Dennis Ritchie

‘Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments. I painted only memories, adding nothing, no details that I did not see. Hence the simplicity of the paintings, their emptiness.’ – Edvard Munch

‘Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.’ – Henry Adams

‘Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.’ – Alan Perlis

‘Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying to find a certain simplicity that you had. It’s less about staying in childhood than keeping a certain spirit of seeing things in a different way.’ – Tim Burton

‘Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety. It is the goal, not the starting point.’ – Maurice Saatchi

‘Simplicity is a state of mind.’ – Charles Wagner

‘I always go for simplicity.’ – David Bailey

‘Simplicity is hard to build, easy to use, and hard to charge for. Complexity is easy to build, hard to use, and easy to charge for.’ – Chris Sacca

‘There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.’ – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

‘When the faith is strong enough, it is sufficient just to be. It’s a journey towards simplicity, towards quietness, towards a kind of joy that is not in time. It’s a journey that has taken us from primary identification with our body and our psyche, on to an identification with God, and ultimately beyond identification.’ – Ram Dass

‘Simplicity – that’s what I want. It’s been a rare commodity for me for a number of years, but I enjoy being able to hang out with my girl, read the newspaper, and sit back and start to read a book by someone I admire, like Lawrence Krauss or Christopher Hitchens. And that’s it – simplicity, where the game of Hollywood doesn’t exist.’ – Johnny Depp

‘What is so brilliant about the gadgets is their simplicity.’ – Desmond Llewelyn

‘Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.’ – Peace Pilgrim

‘Real art is basic emotion. If a scene is handled with simplicity – and I don’t mean simple – it’ll be good, and the public will know it.’ – John Wayne

‘Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.’ – Paul Rand

‘I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.’ – Yves Saint Laurent

‘I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.’ – Elliott Erwitt

‘When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen.’ – Ginni Rometty

‘I like the simplicity of soloing. You’ve got no gear, no partner. You never climb better than when you free-solo.’ – Alex Honnold

‘The older I get, the more I desire simplicity.’ – Andy Mineo

‘Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.’ – Richard Holloway

‘A short story can be packed with meaning and impact, with the concentrated density of a collapsed star, but should preferably also have a kind of elegant simplicity.’ – Jeffrey Thomas

‘When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.’ – Eddie Van Halen

‘As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.’ – Albrecht Durer

‘So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.’ – Saint Ignatius

‘Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.’ – Thomas a Kempis

‘Simplicity is the key.’ – Ritchie Blackmore

‘Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.’ – Emmanuel Jal

‘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

‘Seek simplicity but distrust it.’ – Alfred North Whitehead

‘I love simplicity.’ – Zendaya

‘The American women are very pretty and have great simplicity of character, and the extreme neatness of their appearance is truly delightful: cleanliness is everywhere even more studiously attended to here than in England.’ – Marquis de Lafayette

‘Christianity began as a religion of the poor and dispossessed – farmers, fishermen, Bedouin shepherds. There’s a great lure to that kind of simplicity and rigor – the discipline, the call to action.’ – Camille Paglia

‘Children are born with their own optimism. They have a clarity and a simplicity that we can only wish for.’ – Meshell Ndegeocello

‘My encouragement: delete the energy vampires from your life, clean out all complexity, build a team around you that frees you to fly, remove anything toxic, and cherish simplicity. Because that’s where genius lives.’ – Robin S. Sharma

‘Comfort and simplicity are two keys that I follow when it comes to fashion.’ – Fawad Khan

‘A true Christian, who is born anew of the Spirit of Christ, is in the simplicity of Christ, and hath no strife or contention with any man about religion.’ – Jakob Bohme

‘Maharani Gayatri Devi – she was elegance and simplicity personified.’ – Kirti Kulhari

‘These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages.’ – Edward Sapir

‘When you’re dressing on a budget, simplicity is key.’ – Ne-Yo

‘The spirit’s foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.’ – George Santayana

‘In the building of a basic wardrobe, we cannot go wrong if we strive for simplicity and perfect fitting.’ – Elsa Schiaparelli

‘The principal role of a logo is to identify, and simplicity is its means… Its effectiveness depends on distinctiveness, visibility, adaptability, memorability, universality, and timelessness.’ – Paul Rand

‘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.’ – Fred Brooks

‘Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.’ – Christian Nestell Bovee

‘The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.’ – Charles Eastman

‘My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.’ – Hank Stram

‘Simplicity is the glory of expression.’ – Walt Whitman

‘Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.’ – Lao Tzu

‘It’s cool to go into the simplicity of fashion, but I’m a very colorful person.’ – Saweetie

‘Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be.’ – Paulo Coelho

‘Clumsiness attempts to fix simplicity straight in the eye. It is not a mark of incompetence but of reticence.’ – Jean-Luc Godard

‘When Hindustan Motors rolled out the first Ambassador Car in 1957 its sturdy body, rounded contours and Mother Earth simplicity immediately bagged it a place in our collective consciousness.’ – Barkha Dutt

‘Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.’ – Alexander Pope

‘I think a lot of tunes can suffer from being so simple, so either they get over-complicated or their simplicity means the simple way to lay them down becomes the difficulty.’ – Thom Yorke

‘Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.’ – Tom Landry

‘Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.’ – Frank Lloyd Wright

‘Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there’s a lot of subtlety. That’s what I’m proud of.’ – Ben Folds

‘Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.’ – Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

‘Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.’ – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

‘One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.’ – Edward Sapir

‘Whatever science and philosophy may do for mankind, the world can never outgrow its need of the simplicity that is in Christ.’ – Lucy Larcom

‘In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity. Summer is more wooing and seductive, more versatile and human, appeals to the affections and the sentiments, and fosters inquiry and the art impulse.’ – John Burroughs

‘I don’t really like politics that much. And I like the order and simplicity of sports. They have an ending. You can argue with your friends about it, but in the end you still like sports. I almost love the fantasy world of sports more than the real world.’ – Norm MacDonald

‘Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one’s self by entering into the real sense of things.’ – Constantin Brancusi

‘Nothing can conduce more to the order and stability of a government than the simplicity of the laws, the proper definition of rights, and their impartial and consistent administration.’ – Sam Houston

‘Simplicity is often one of the greatest strengths.’ – Erik Spoelstra

‘The key to a good meal is simplicity and the right seasoning.’ – Buddy Valastro

‘I love the simplicity of the Cube because it’s a very clear geometrical shape, and I love geometry because it’s the study of how the whole universe is structured.’ – Erno Rubik

‘Simplicity, for reasons that are a little bit obscure, is almost not pursued, at least in the academic world.’ – George M. Whitesides

‘I’m the kind of person who, if I were living in another time, if I had to pick any time, I would probably be a pioneer. I just love the simplicity of what it means to work hard with your hands – to eat and survive.’ – Evangeline Lilly

‘The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.’ – Edward Teller

‘The people that I associate with, the circle that I keep, is real simple, and sometimes we think or we’re trained to believe that you always have to have more, more, more to make ourselves feel happy or beautiful, but it’s the other way around for me. Simplicity is sexy.’ – Mya

‘The commonplace about Italian cooking is that it’s very simple; in practice, the simplicity needs to be learned, and the best way to learn it is to go to Italy and see it firsthand.’ – Bill Buford

‘I don’t need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.’ – Linda McCartney

‘I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.’ – Yves Saint Laurent

‘I like the simplicity of a halter-top or plunging neckline, but I’ll rough it up by wearing studded shoes and my leather jacket.’ – Halston Sage

‘The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.’ – Georg C. Lichtenberg

‘Apple products aren’t simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them.’ – John Maeda

‘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

‘I love the simplicity, the ingredients, the culture, the history and the seasonality of Italian cuisine. In Italy people do not travel. They cook the way grandma did, using fresh ingredients and what is available in season.’ – Anne Burrell

‘I prefer the simple things and I love walking in the countryside, or going camping… but simplicity is hard. It’s easier to over-complicate things.’ – Bill Bailey

‘A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.’ – Eugene Delacroix

‘I haven’t changed my mind about modernism from the first day I ever did it… It means integrity; it means honesty; it means the absence of sentimentality and the absence of nostalgia; it means simplicity; it means clarity. That’s what modernism means to me.’ – Paul Rand

‘The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, seek simplicity and distrust it.’ – Alfred North Whitehead

‘When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that really hit me.’ – Tim Burton

‘The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one’s preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.’ – Jean Cocteau

‘Understanding reduces the greatest to simplicity, and lack of its causes the least to take on the magnitude.’ – Raymond Holliwell

‘Today, I’d like to talk to Bob Marley. I’d just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters ever. I don’t know if people understand how powerful his songs are and the simplicity and genius behind them, from ‘Redemption Song’ to ‘Is This Love?’ and ‘I Shot the Sheriff.” – Bruno Mars

‘I feel that, historically, the Art Deco period has the most resonance for me. As a person, it has to be the plucky Clara Bow, the heroine of American silent movies of the 1920s. She embodied feminine dressing mixed with men’s style. All this then evolved into the exquisite style and simplicity of Coco Chanel.’ – Anouska Hempel

‘I really like Calvin Klein for his classic simplicity. I also think Prabal Gurung designs some great pieces that work well for me. My mom has such great style; she’s my biggest influence.’ – Isabelle Fuhrman

‘I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. ‘Less is more’ remains my mantra.’ – Stephane Rolland

‘As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.’ – Sam Abell

‘What’s really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.’ – William Albert Allard

‘The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.’ – James Fenimore Cooper

‘I just like simplicity. I like simple songs, I like simple chords, simple vocals, simple lead guitar. I just like simplicity. That’s just the way I like it.’ – Jeremy Spencer

‘Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness.’ – E. T. Bell

‘And so from that, I’ve always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.’ – Will Wright

‘And yes, there’s a simplicity to writing books because you’re not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.’ – Bernard Cornwell

‘I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from doing anything under the pretext of simplicity.’ – John Nelson Darby

‘A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.’ – Andy Goldsworthy

‘The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject.’ – William Falconer

‘I believe that the Apple Shuffle is an excellent compromise among the conflicting requirements of simplicity, elegance, size, battery life, and function.’ – Donald Norman

‘They are unique in the simplicity, the diversity, the related harmony of the forms of life that they enclose.’ – Marjory Stoneman Douglas

‘Pop doesn’t really look back. It can’t. What makes pop work is simplicity.’ – Branford Marsalis

‘A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that, so far from helping the foreigner, it is more calculated to bother him.’ – Edward Sapir

‘French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.’ – Edward Sapir

‘I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.’ – John Woolman

‘Even before string theory, especially as physics developed in the 20th century, it turned out that the equations that really work in describing nature with the most generality and the greatest simplicity are very elegant and subtle.’ – Edward Witten

‘Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.’ – Felix Adler

‘The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction – in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.’ – Lytton Strachey

‘For simplicity one can think of the + class as having one extra base at some point or other in the genetic message and the – class as having one too few.’ – Francis Crick

‘Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.’ – Riccardo Muti

‘The absence of the heavy boot of Europe has preserved to these people the agile walk of the wild animal, while the general simplicity of their lives has given them many other points of physical perfection.’ – John Millington Synge

‘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

‘No simplicity of mind, no obscurity of station, can escape the universal duty of questioning all that we believe.’ – William Kingdon Clifford

‘Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.’ – Fanny Kemble

‘Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?’ – E. T. A. Hoffmann

‘I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.’ – Henry James

‘Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former.’ – William Shenstone

‘Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself – it is the occurring which is difficult.’ – Stephen Leacock

‘I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.’ – Andrew Jackson

‘One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity.’ – Rem Koolhaas

‘My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food.’ – Giada De Laurentiis

‘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

‘There’s something really appealing about the simplicity of black-and-white images.’ – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

‘As much as we all talk about the future and how so many things are merging, there is a simplicity that is crucial.’ – Ryan Seacrest

‘What’s completely insane to me is that people would consider music that’s simple to be dumbed-down. Couldn’t simplicity be a deliberate, smart choice?’ – Dan Deacon

‘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

‘In writing, I search for believability, simplicity and emotional impact.’ – Hal David

‘I’ve always liked simplicity.’ – Marissa Mayer

‘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

‘There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus – rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.’ – Keith O’Brien

‘I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can sometimes complicate things a little more. You can become too aware of, ‘Okay, this is the scene emotionally. This is where we need to be. We’ve got the climax coming up.’ You can start to analyze it too much.’ – Hugh Jackman

‘People are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. I learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients to stay on track; the longer their lists of to-dos and goals, the more overwhelmed and off-track they got. Clarity comes with simplicity.’ – Brendon Burchard

‘I don’t have much time for shopping so I pick things up when I can. My favorite labels are APC, Isabel Marant and Agnes B because the clothes are cut small and have a simplicity to them.’ – Felicity Jones

‘I would absolutely love to go back to the simplicity of the ’80s, where there wasn’t texting, social media, iPhones, or smartphones. I love the fact that you would go home and check your messages. I’m not well suited to the world of modern technology.’ – Matthew Rhys

‘A man can be drawn across the room with the simplicity of a smile. That’s why your pearly whites should always be straight and shiny. I think most of my clients are drawn to a fun, flirty nature in a woman. The problem is, most women do not often feel fun and flirty.’ – Patti Stanger

‘Men tend to try to struggle to be more rational and reduce things to simplicity more and are more impatient with ambiguity than women are.’ – John Crowley

‘And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.’ – Feist

‘James Taylor is the kind of person I always thought the word ‘folksinger’ referred to. He writes and sings songs that are reflections of his own life, and performs in them in his own style. All of his performances are marked by an eloquent simplicity.’ – Jon Landau

‘Looking back at my earlier pictures, I think that the work is very much coming from the same place. I have gone through a period of challenging myself with a complicated idea to currently challenging myself with the idea of simplicity.’ – Tim Walker

‘We are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a simplicity that is refreshing.’ – Ben Whishaw

‘Oh yeah, I’m literally walking through my house now looking down and there are maybe, like, 15 pairs on the floor. For real. Real talk. It’s just simplicity. They’re something I wear every day. Before I got a deal with them, I was wearing some type of Vans all the time. I would just order them by the box, like, 10 at a time.’ – Lupe Fiasco

‘I think that we’re always drawn – particularly sophisticated people – are always drawn to the idea of simplicity.’ – Adam Gopnik

‘My ideals told me that men and women could both go out to work and be truly equal. My children told me something more complicated, something I really didn’t want to hear. Their need for me was like the need for water or light: it had a devastating simplicity to it.’ – Allison Pearson

‘I have a confession: I’m not a man of simplicity. I spent my entire early career making complex stuff. Lots of complex stuff.’ – John Maeda

‘Instagram has become one of my favorite platforms because of its simplicity.’ – Amy Jo Martin

‘I’m learning simplicity and how to wear my body. I’m enjoying life and trying to be the best me.’ – Gelila Bekele

‘Whether rich or poor, a home is not a home unless the roots of love are ever striking deeper through the crust of the earthly and the conventional, into the very realities of being, not consciously always; seldom, perhaps; the simplicity of loving grows by living simply near nature and God.’ – Lucy Larcom

‘The life of Christ was a life of humble simplicity, yet how infinitely exalted was his mission. Christ is our example in all things.’ – Ellen G. White

‘I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It’s not super-poetic, it’s just from the heart.’ – Bruno Mars

‘What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make a connection to the creator.’ – Steve Vai

‘I love the simplicity of Kevin Spacey’s work. He really does a subtle interpretation of every character, and that’s kind of my style of acting when it comes to dramatic roles.’ – Devon Bostick

‘Our everyday lives are filled with complex decisions. We long for simplicity and ordinariness.’ – Ursus Wehrli

‘True simplicity is, well, you just keep on going and going until you get to the point where you go, ‘Yeah, well, of course.’ Where there’s no rational alternative.’ – Jonathan Ive

‘Simplicity is a key to avoiding complication. Part of the definition of simplicity is ‘not complex or complicated; sincere.” – Joyce Meyer

‘When you come up with a theory, you fall in love with the beauty the simplicity and elegance of it. But then you have to get a sheet of paper and pencil and crack out all the details. Hundreds and hundreds of pages. Because you have to prove it.’ – Michio Kaku

‘I like the order and simplicity of sports. They have an ending. You can argue with your friends about it, but in the end, you still like sports. I almost love the fantasy world of sports more than the real world.’ – Norm MacDonald

‘What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head. Baby-carriage, parasol, kitchen chair, still under control. Steady now! This is not the life of simplicity but the life of multiplicity that the wise men warn us of.’ – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

‘Simplicity and sexiness, that’s what people want. At a price that’s not outrageous.’ – Diane von Furstenberg

‘I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.’ – Rachel Boston

‘A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music’s simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It’s different, because I grew up on Led Zeppelin, The Stooges and punk, so in that sense I’m mutating country and folk more than a few degrees.’ – Stone Gossard

‘It’s not easy to play in a framework that requires simplicity and to tastefully find ways to interject the kind of freedom that we have in playing jazz.’ – Herbie Hancock

‘I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.’ – Grace Slick

‘I love dessert. All kinds. But there’s something about ice cream that makes me happy. I am drawn to its simplicity. I am perplexed by the endless supply of constantly growing flavor options. And I am always in the mood for sprinkles and a sugar cone.’ – Rachel Nichols

‘Textbook science is beautiful! Textbook science is comprehensible, unlike mere fascinating words that can never be truly beautiful. Elementary science textbooks describe simple theories, and simplicity is the core of scientific beauty. Fascinating words have no power, nor yet any meaning, without the math.’ – Eliezer Yudkowsky

‘There’s a certain fear of simplicity. I think that’s the thing, when you’re younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you’re playing, the better.’ – Patrick Stump

‘I think simplicity is a good guide: The more economical a theory, the better.’ – Lisa Randall

‘When I went to Memphis and Mississippi and Nashville, I learnt the blues is a whole way of life. I don’t really have the blues, but I can appreciate the honesty and the simplicity of it.’ – Gin Wigmore

‘Knitwear can play a vital part in layering. The simplicity of a lightweight cardigan makes it one of the best ways to layer outfits. I love granddad cardis for winter, worn over a vintage lace shirt, waistcoat and full skirt with slouchy boots.’ – Twiggy

‘Disney’s House of the Future had the clean simplicity prized in the 1950s as relief from decades of frayed patchwork, jury-rigging, and make-do clutter caused by Depression and war.’ – P. J. O’Rourke

‘In some ways, I feel like the strength of animation is in its simplicity and caricature, and in reduction. It’s like an Al Hirschfeld caricature, where he’ll use, like, three lines, and he’ll capture the likeness of someone so strongly that it looks more like them than a photograph. I think animation has that same power of reduction.’ – Pete Docter

‘The computer industry began with home-brew boxes that everyone had to program for themselves, but that was a huge hassle. The computer revolution didn’t explode until the first Macintosh arrived, with its point-and-click simplicity.’ – Clive Thompson

‘I like simplicity. I like using natural sources. I like images to look natural – as though somebody sitting in a room by a lamp is being lit by that lamp.’ – Roger Deakins

‘That the role of size has been to some degree neglected in biology may lie in its simplicity. Size may be a property that affects all of life, but it seems pallid compared to the matter which makes up life. Yet size is an aspect of the living that plays a remarkable, overreaching role that affects life’s matter in all its aspects.’ – John Tyler Bonner

‘There’s something very soothing about the simplicity of doing what’s right in front of you: paying the rent, buying groceries, and when there’s a little extra for a treat like cinnamon rolls, whoopee! When you live paycheck to paycheck, you only have so much to lose.’ – Ali Liebegott

‘I learned that the majority of the time, simplicity is the best way to go about things as you peel away the layers… that’s when you start finding the gold… I can’t say that was from my own acting. That was from observing actors like John Spencer and Martin Sheen… I had a chance just to observe.’ – Dule Hill

‘Since I’ve become a mom, I’m more about comfort and simplicity. I’m essentially a jeans girl, and I dress them up or down with accessories.’ – Jessalyn Gilsig

‘Simplicity can have a negative impact when it’s the crude reduction of nuances beyond appreciation: a Matisse presented as a 16-color GIF.’ – Matt Mullenweg

‘As much as I loved the model of St. Francis, I realized that I couldn’t afford to be poor, because unlike St. Francis, I’m not celibate. I was enlightened that God’s call to me was not poverty but generosity and simplicity. And I had to go back to the lesson I learned from my parents: that is, simplicity.’ – Bo Sanchez

‘Any consideration of the story we call ‘Cinderella’ for simplicity’s sake must acknowledge that ‘Cinderella’ has had a dizzying array of personae over hundreds of years, in several cultures. There is no one authoritative tale of ‘Cinderella,’ only a hall of mirrors with a different face in each reflection.’ – Marie Rutkoski

‘Simplicity just isn’t a word synonymous with taxes.’ – Mike Crapo

‘As an individual, I think you have to find your own path. I like the simplicity and purity of Hinduism and many elements of Buddhism. These are all means of accessing spiritual energy.’ – Dave Davies

‘There’s something about approaching universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere, and it helps me reach listeners of all ages and walks of life.’ – Jim Croce

‘I actually believe in simplicity as a way of life. My wife and I are considering moving into a yurt!’ – Joseph Monninger

‘It’s the swirling river of time that makes our identities, not the monochromatic simplicity of skin colour or the definitive lines of international borders.’ – Giles Foden

”You Are So Beautiful,’ I think, is probably the, you know, the strongest tune I ever did in just the simplicity in it.’ – Joe Cocker

‘Queen Victoria was a woman of peerless common sense; her common sense, which is a rare gift at any time, amounted to genius. She had been brought up by her mother with the utmost simplicity, and she retained it to the end, and conducted her public and private life alike by that infallible guide.’ – E. F. Benson

‘The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.’ – Ze Frank

‘Having done a Dogme film taught me the beauty of simplicity and austerity.’ – Susanne Bier

‘Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula for originality, and strategies that are distinguished as innovative in their first incarnation can quickly become stale in the hands of lesser artists.’ – Joanna Scott

‘The thing that I love about pop music is the simplicity and the directness of it.’ – Tove Lo

‘We give great value for our franchisees: They can build a store for well under $200,000. And we have extremely simple operating systems. The preparation is mostly done in front of the customer. That simplicity is really what attracts our Subway franchise. You see it, and you can do it.’ – Fred DeLuca

‘The fragrance I always wear is Coco by Chanel. I’ve worn it for 20 years. It suits me, it’s classic, and I like the simplicity of only ever wearing one fragrance.’ – Jojo Moyes

‘Must simplicity and humanity go under in the interest of progress? What is the most important component of civilization – is it human or mechanical? Must thought processes become involved and insincere? Must the class-struggle warp those who are involved in it?’ – Peter Abrahams

‘There is always another way to say the same thing that doesn’t look at all like the way you said it before. I don’t know what the reason for this is. I think it is somehow a representation of the simplicity of nature.’ – Richard P. Feynman

‘The appeal of the Golden Age heroes for me is their simplicity, even their naivety – they represent the fundamental building blocks of the whole superhero genre, whether it’s a ‘super’ man able to lift cars, or a vigilante who terrorises criminals at night like Batman.’ – Adam Christopher

‘Susie Waggoner in ‘Miami Blues’ is just such a sweetheart, such an innocent. When I watch that, I really feel like I’m watching Susie Waggoner. I don’t really see myself. And there’s a simplicity to it that I really like.’ – Jennifer Jason Leigh

‘A girl does not treat a possible lover with unvarying simplicity and directness. In all its phases, love is complex; friendship is not.’ – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

‘We were going for simplicity with the Minions and, frankly, I think that’s a huge appeal of the characters. They’re essentially pills with goggles. A child can draw them quite easily.’ – Chris Renaud

‘Whatever simplicity I’ve achieved in writing, I think I owe most of it to Jean Renoir and Hemingway: simple, declarative sentences. I’ve read some very good writers, but the sentences were so long that I’ve forgotten what the point was.’ – Gene Wilder

‘One thing I’ve learned over my career is that simplicity is the key: on the field, off as well.’ – Sonny Bill Williams

‘There’s a clean simplicity to the plotting of ‘Sinister,’ whether you like it or not. And the scares are deliberate and even heavy-handed in a way. There’s not a lot of sophistication or nuance in the plotting and not much restraint in the scares – and that’s a part of what makes the movie accessible.’ – Scott Derrickson

‘I did take some value out of looking at the extreme simplicity of implementation that the tight resource limits required. I do feel that modern games are often abstracted a lot more than is really necessary, and it leads to robustness issues.’ – John Carmack

‘I was so aware of the stage clothes versus the everyday-life clothes, and the extremeness of the stage clothes that my parents had designed. Even coming across my dad’s old Beatles suits from Savile Row and the history attached to them – the masculinity and simplicity compared to the ’70s glitz and glamour of Wings.’ – Stella McCartney

‘Baking can be done with a few simple ingredients, so it’s about simplicity and nostalgia – people are reminded of their childhood.’ – Paul Hollywood

‘My shoes aren’t minimalist, but they are about a new simplicity.’ – Edgardo Osorio

‘There’s a roots nature to Appalachia – the origins of folk and bluegrass. I know guys there who are some of the best players I’ve ever heard but are playing on their porch tonight because they’ve never chased success. There’s simplicity to how they live and what they care about.’ – Eric Church

‘I miss the simplicity of college, with specific due dates, a consistent schedule, and a solid routine.’ – Chris Wood

‘I’ve never met him, but I love the simplicity with which Warren Buffett describes good and bad businesses and how he makes his investment decisions.’ – Steve Easterbrook

‘I compose songs with a lot of simplicity because my school has been the streets, and people have been my books.’ – Juan Gabriel

‘For many years, even as users became more sophisticated, personal computers took too much effort to use without problem-solving, keeping alive the yearning for greater simplicity. Microsoft’s dominant Windows platform, in particular, was a home for all manner of bugs and problems that required IT people to straighten out.’ – Walt Mossberg

‘People are looking for a simplicity in their fictional worlds where good and evil are clearly delineated, that you can’t find in the real world, and that provides an enormous comfort – and that, I think, has an awful lot to do with the reason fantasy is so popular.’ – Robert J. Sawyer

‘I saw a production of ‘Titus Andronicus’ at the Royal Shakespeare Company with Brian Cox back in 1987. That sort of rocked my world. It was a remarkable production in its simplicity and its realism and passion.’ – Michael Stuhlbarg

‘Doing film and television demands a kind of simplicity. If you think something differently, the camera will pick it up.’ – Michael Stuhlbarg

‘I’m not a Trump fan, to put it mildly, but I think there’s a power to simplicity. When Trump was running, people knew exactly what he stood for and what he was going to do as President.’ – Daniel H. Pink

‘What I like about Bre.ad is the simplicity of it. When you can explain it to people, like ‘five-second billboards in front of a link shortener,’ it makes a lot of sense.’ – Troy Carter

‘I think the key to writing hit songs is simplicity.’ – Bonnie McKee

‘I’ve been a huge fan of Marc Jacobs for many, many years, even going back to when I was wearing men’s clothing. He captures a kind of simplicity and a kind of beauty that I like – projecting strength through femininity.’ – Chelsea Manning

‘I am not a very complex person. I believe in simplicity.’ – Disha Patani

‘I read Gide’s ‘The Immoralist’ over and over as a teenager. I was obsessed with it. It’s written with such simplicity and dread, and the desert, the shabby colonial world, is brought right into your consciousness without being over-explained.’ – Lawrence Osborne

‘I think when you work with people who are super exceptional, there’s simplicity to it because everybody is on the same page in terms of tone.’ – Jonathan Krisel

‘It’s called ‘John Wick’ – it’s really about this guy’s very simple journey. We just didn’t want to clutter it. It’s gratifying it in its own right, in its simplicity.’ – David Leitch

‘I felt that ‘English Vinglish’ was tailor-made for me since I found my character Shashi so relatable. Her simplicity and sensitivity attracted me towards the role.’ – Sridevi

”English Vinglish’ is simple; that’s why people like it. The film has simplicity and sensitivity. There is no melodrama. Some things have been conveyed just through expressions and no lines.’ – Sridevi

‘A world-changing vision often necessitates a profound simplicity in the user experience.’ – Joe Gebbia

‘I love the optimistic American style that Gap celebrates and the simplicity of the basic white T-shirt that allows you to be yourself.’ – Edward Enninful

‘One of the most dysfunctional beliefs of successful people is our contempt for simplicity and structure. We believe that we are above needing structure to help us on seemingly simple tasks.’ – Marshall Goldsmith

‘There is a seductive simplicity in Donald Trump’s vision to build walls and ban refugees to protect American interests. But we must always remember that we create far greater opportunity for all Americans when we enable the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of people globally to take root here.’ – Reshma Saujani

‘Simplicity in preparation is the Italian way. Make easy dishes, and then you can elaborate the final preparation by decorating with vegetables or herbs or adding a dash of olive oil.’ – Lidia Bastianich

‘I’ve always liked the simplicity of the Black Panther costume. I’ve never liked when people give him flashy capes and other adornments.’ – Brian Stelfreeze

‘As an Egyptian-American, I want both sides of that hyphen to enjoy the forms of freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment, as I want both sides of that hyphen to move beyond the deceptive simplicity of the question, ‘Why do they hate us?” – Mona Eltahawy

‘I’m big on simplicity. I’m not too much on all the extra instruments.’ – Mustard

‘I could do beats with a million sounds, and I could do beats with two sounds. Which one is going to make the most sense, and which one is going to sell the most records? Most of the time, it’s the simplicity.’ – Mustard

‘I like Converse on a guy. I can’t stand flip-flops or anything too over-the-top, flashy, or bright. Nothing too bulky. I’m a Converse girl myself, so I feel like we can bond over our love of simplicity and comfort.’ – Camilla Luddington

‘What makes ‘The Marriage of Souls’ such a wonderful book is Collins’s intricate reconstruction of the late eighteenth-century world. Simplicity and philosophy are the hallmarks of eighteenth-century art and architecture. The classically pure lines look deceptively simple and unburdened by heavy symbolism or imagery.’ – Amanda Foreman

‘I should not romanticize the simplicity of a village. For instance, the place from where I used to buy a packet of glucose biscuits in my village is now selling cellphones.’ – Amitava Kumar

‘I like simplicity almost to the point of being monastic.’ – Sergio Marchionne

‘Simplicity is at the core of Sebadoh.’ – Lou Barlow

‘When we think about the trends that millennials are taking toward simplicity, I think it’s indicative of a cultural shift toward less of the ‘more is more’ for materialism sake and more of an emphasis on efficiency, value, and sustainability.’ – Bobby Berk

‘The thing about simplicity is it’s not easy to achieve. To many, simplicity can mean repetitiveness and maybe even a lack of intelligence, those kind of things, but simple yet unique is the key.’ – Paul Rodgers

‘The Delmore Brothers is hit music – very, very popular – and it still retains that rural flavor and simplicity. I always think of it as family music, really, because families sang it.’ – Ry Cooder

‘What appeals to me about ‘Blind Willie’ is just how sparse that music is. Just this idea – the grain of it, the rawness of it and the simplicity of it. The directness of the language.’ – David Longstreth

‘I was born and raised in Kansas. The worst things are the locusts, mosquitos, the flatness, the humidity. The greatest things are the simplicity of life, watching the thunderheads building on the horizon, and running through cornfields.’ – Erin Brockovich

‘I grew up in a family that was very musical, learned the blues and everything like that. And I became a little bit frustrated with the simplicity of rock n’ roll and blues. I started listening to a lot of classical music – mainly Bach, Vivaldi.’ – Yngwie Malmsteen

‘I let Brel into my world. What I like about him is the simplicity of his language. It’s not so simple to be simple.’ – Stromae

‘The tenets of Jeet Kune Do are simplicity, directness, and freedom, and it’s meant to be a style that is efficient and non-telegraphic; you can’t see it coming.’ – Shannon Lee

‘I believe in simplicity. Where some people in TNA take the high-flying back flip route, I’ll replace that with a punch or a nice kick square to the face.’ – Samoa Joe

‘People understand the simplicity of violence, and martial arts has always been about the more efficient way to deliver said violence upon an adversary. I’ve kept that philosophy as the focal point of what I do.’ – Samoa Joe

‘I believe that things can be expressed very powerfully through simplicity.’ – Johann Johannsson

‘You can create something strong in art with a few notes. It is like how Aboriginal drawings have a simplicity that is incredibly rich.’ – Ludovico Einaudi

‘Epic started out with scripting languages in the first generation of the Unreal engine in 1998. I wrote that. There’s a place in my heart that comes along with the simplicity of programming in a scripting language.’ – Tim Sweeney

‘As a songwriter, simplicity – what not to do, what not to play – can be the hardest thing to achieve.’ – Nancy Wilson

‘I want to marry a good person, not his profession. If the person is good, the profession doesn’t matter. I hold honesty, simplicity, and genuineness above everything.’ – Jennifer Winget

‘I loved ‘La La Land.’ I would love to do a film like ‘La La Land’ which has so much simplicity and joy of cinema in it.’ – Shweta Tripathi

‘I think the thing that strikes you when you come back to ‘The Little Mermaid’ after all of these years is the simplicity and innocence. That’s in the look of it, and that’s in the sound of it.’ – Alan Menken

‘I’m not someone who can do 10 stepovers or backheels – I’m not very interested in that. I’m more fascinated by the simplicity of play because the thing that makes this sport so beautiful.’ – Miralem Pjanic

‘I’m always trying to evolve my sound. I love the simplicity of my setup. I play Gibson guitars and Marshall amps. So it’s kind of like the standard rock sound.’ – Lzzy Hale

‘I’m told Jodha was someone whose eyes conveyed humility, simplicity, courage, and conviction. Paridhi embodies everything I had in mind for Jodha.’ – Ekta Kapoor

‘I want to direct more often. The job of a producer brings its own benefit as you start to see the simplicity of film making. But yes there is a constant battle between the director and producer in me.’ – Vikramaditya Motwane

‘As a manager, everyone is clambering for you to do something. It comes from the media, the fans, the board and even your own staff sometimes. The strongest thing can be to do nothing and remind the players of the simplicity of the format. The players have taken ownership of that.’ – Sean Dyche

‘Simplicity is the key for me. I can’t write clever songs; I just can’t do it.’ – Kate Nash

‘My dad was a poet. He saw the world through unique glasses, with simplicity, spirituality, and humor.’ – John Carter Cash

‘I’m the opposite of a gearhead. I like simplicity. I use what works, and the only time I change it is when I have to.’ – Wayne Static

‘Because for me, equations and symbols aren’t just a thing. They’re a voice that speaks out about the incredible richness of nature and the startling simplicity in the patterns that twist and turn and warp and evolve all around us, from how the world works to how we behave.’ – Hannah Fry

‘I can do the vocal acrobatics but I really try not to. I’ve always been drawn to singers who sing it like it is, pure, straight down the line: Ella Fitzgerald, Patti Smith, Carole King. Simplicity is really important to me.’ – KT Tunstall

‘When people ask me where I am from, with artificial simplicity, they don’t understand how convoluted an answer it may sound.’ – Ashish Vidyarthi

‘I wear a lot of block colour dresses on television as the simplicity translates well on camera and blue is often a colour I rely on as it goes with everything.’ – Kate Garraway

‘At the end of the day, you want a straightforward, simple system which everyone understands. If you can get clarity and simplicity in any process, it’s better for everybody.’ – Steve Clarke

‘I’m from Pennsylvania, and that love for the simplicity of life never left me.’ – Bill Cowher

‘Sometimes the simplicity of just declaring who God is and the greatness of who He is… sometimes you just have to say it.’ – Jeremy Camp

‘Dad was pretty solid. He had great grooves and there was occasional moments of sheer brilliance with fills and things, but in general, the sheer brilliance is the simplicity, how much groove, how much feel he had, all the subtleties that we miss.’ – Jason Bonham

‘The simplicity I felt hearing the script of ‘Panchayat’ was so good. I came back home with such a happy feeling, I wanted to work on the show immediately.’ – Jitendra Kumar

‘It’s an extraordinary story told with simplicity. ‘Raazi’ is about people who put the country before anything else.’ – Jaideep Ahlawat

‘I like comfort and I like simplicity.’ – Alvin Leung

‘Simplicity is key. Some people like really high-tech kitchens, where you have warming drawers and ice makers and storage for a million different things. Honestly, for me, I need an oven, a stove top, a fridge and a sink.’ – Marcela Valladolid

‘Iniesta makes the game look easy, but it’s not. On the contrary, it’s very difficult. I don’t think people appreciate it enough when they watch him on TV. He played brutal passes and was always flawless – it felt like he was floating. For simplicity, there is no better player than Iniesta.’ – Ilkay Gundogan

‘I grew up in the North-East so identifying with mountain people – their simplicity and honesty – comes naturally to me. I even call myself an honorary Garhwali.’ – Victor Banerjee

‘Simplicity and honesty make a person most graceful, but in today’s world, they are overrated.’ – Jaya Prada

”Wafa Na Raas Aayee’ is at its core a very pure, simple song. Its beauty lies in its simplicity and who better than Jubin Nautiyal to express the pain and emotions that the song is trying to convey.’ – Bhushan Kumar

‘Cooking in Japan is regarded as an art, like music or painting. Every dish has a reason, including the garnishes. This is cuisine with philosophy, and the apparent simplicity belies centuries of culture.’ – Rick Stein

‘We wanted it to have a simplicity to it, so that if you’re a 12-year-old and you’re watching the show and you get inspired, you could easily sketch this thing out with your markers or crayons or whatever, then you’d show your friends and they’d instantly go, ‘Oh yeah, that’s the Demogorgon, that’s the monster from ‘Stranger Things.” – Ross Duffer

‘Indeed, I still read a fair amount of French literature and I am very attracted to the emotional depth and simplicity of writers such as Marguerite Duras.’ – Carol Drinkwater

‘I love Bach cello suites, I love punk music, I love old blues, negro spiritual quartets, Muddy Waters’ ‘You Need Love.’ There is a simplicity but also a bite that connects all that music, from the growl in the cello to the timbre in Muddy’s voice.’ – Van Hunt

‘Years ago, when I first fell in love with country music, part of the reason was that it was so much from the heart. It was so simple, lyrically, everything. It was just the simplicity.’ – Lorrie Morgan

‘I can be extremely content on my most simple days when I just have like, a great chat with my friend and I have a really nice latte. And when I get to read a script that’s great and inspiring. I think simplicity was a real thing I took from ‘Living.” – Aimee Lou Wood

‘Policy wonks are often dazzled by the simplicity and clarity of an intellectual theory.’ – Nick Boles

‘There’s something that human beings understand inherently about simplicity in design.’ – Melody Gardot

‘John Bonham is one of the greatest drummers of all time. Feel, power, simplicity – you name it, John Bonham had it.’ – John Dolmayan

‘David Shrigley is somewhere between stand-up comedy and cave paintings. He does these brilliant esoteric, simple drawings – you might even say bad drawings. Part of it is that you feel like you could do the drawing, but you haven’t done the drawing – you haven’t found that moment of truth. There’s something incredible about the simplicity of it.’ – Noah Reid