Simplicity Quotes

“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” ~ Hans Hofmann

“Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity. Reduce selfishness, have few desires.” ~ Lao Tzu

“One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.” ~ Bruce Lee

“When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. The classical man is just a bundle of routines, ideas and traditions. If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow – you are not understanding yourself.” ~ Bruce Lee

“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

“Firelight will not let you read fine stories, but it’s warm and you won’t see the dust on the floor.” ~ Irish Proverb

“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” ~ Albert Einstein

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” ~ E. F. Schumacher, via Talk Like TED