Simplicity Quotes

“Elegance is for tailors.”

“I tell you, it is an exacting art to be simple.”

“The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.”

“Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts.”

“We're flooding people with information. We need to feed it to them in bits and pieces.”

“Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules which are repeated without end.”

“We should work for simple, good, undecorated things... but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street.”

“Country music is a simple music. It's about real life, real people.”

“The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.”

“It is not hard to compose, but it is wonderfully hard to let the superfluous notes fall under the table.”

“The best things in life are free.”

“Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.”

“Parity is for farmers.”

“Simplicity is a prerequisite for reliability.”

“I just try to play pretty. That's what I do.”

“The secret to building large apps is 'Don't do it.' Instead, build components.”

“For me, it was about being consistent and not trying to do too much.”

“My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.”

“The Germans made their weapons too complicated.”

“My general working style is to write everything first with pencil and paper, sitting beside a big wastebasket.”