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One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity.

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.

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.

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.

The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.

What is so brilliant about the gadgets is their simplicity.

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence 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.

Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.

I don't need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

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.

Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.

I believe that the Apple Shuffle is an excellent compromise among the conflicting requirements of simplicity, elegance, size, battery life, and function.

As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.