Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.
Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.
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.
The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.
I don't need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.
Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.
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.
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
What is so brilliant about the gadgets is their simplicity.
The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.
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.
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.
When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.