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    “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