simplicity Quotes

"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?"

"He who must travel happily must travel light."

"Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury – to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind."

It is this simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences-makes them, as the poets tell us, 'charm the crowd's ears more finely.' Educated men lay down broad general principles; uneducated men argue from... ...

“From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.”

"Long hair minimizes the need for barbers; socks can be done without; one leather jacket solves the coat problem for many years; suspenders are superfluous."

Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do.

"If you can't explain something simply, you don't know enough about it."

A man can make up his mind quickly when he has only a little to make up.

"Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away."

And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.

To be happy - that's all that matters.