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.
I miss the simplicity of college, with specific due dates, a consistent schedule, and a solid routine.
Seek simplicity but distrust it.
Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.
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.
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.
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.
Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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.
It’s an extraordinary story told with simplicity. ‘Raazi’ is about people who put the country before anything else.
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.
My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.
I believe that things can be expressed very powerfully through simplicity.
I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.
Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety. It is the goal, not the starting point.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.
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.
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?
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.
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.
I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. ‘Less is more’ remains my mantra.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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.
I love simplicity.
The thing that I love about pop music is the simplicity and the directness of it.
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.
One thing I’ve learned over my career is that simplicity is the key: on the field, off as well.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The older I get, the more I desire simplicity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It’s cool to go into the simplicity of fashion, but I’m a very colorful person.
As a songwriter, simplicity – what not to do, what not to play – can be the hardest thing to achieve.
Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
I like comfort and I like simplicity.
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.
I think the key to writing hit songs is simplicity.
Pop doesn’t really look back. It can’t. What makes pop work is simplicity.
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.
Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one’s self by entering into the real sense of things.
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
Apple products aren’t simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them.
There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus – rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
