Notables and Quotables

“Simplicity”

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

– Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Scientist/Artist

“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.”

– John Maeda, American Designer

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”

– Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”

– Jack Dorsey, American Entrepreneur

“Simple can be harder than complex: you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”

– Steve Jobs, Apple CoFounder

“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”

– Coco Chanel, French Fashion Designer

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

– Hans Hofmann, German-American Painter

“Simplicity is the master key to financial success.”

– John C. Bogle, American Businessman

“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.”

– Warren Buffett, American Investor

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

Albert Einstein, German-American Physicist

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