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Lao-TzuI have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

—  Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher

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Leonardo da VinciSimplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

—  Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter

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VauvenarguesWhen a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.

—  Vauvenargues, 1715-1747, French author of maxims

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Julia ChildYou don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients

—  Julia Child, 1912-2004, American chef, author & TV personality.

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Winston ChurchillAll the greatest things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honour; duty; mercy; hope.

—  Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953

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Winston ChurchillOut of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.

—  Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953

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Paul ValeryEverything simple is false. Everything complex is unusable.

—  Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet

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Mies van der RoheLess is more.

—  Mies van der Rohe, 1886-1969, German architect

     (First appeared in a Robert Browning poem but Van der Rohe popularized it)

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Vincent Van GoghHow difficult it is to be simple!

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Albert EinsteinEverything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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William WordsworthHow many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart.

—  William Wordsworth, 1770-1850, English poet

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Eric HofferIt is not at all simple to understand the simple.

—  Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher

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G. K. ChestertonThere is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats grapenuts on principle.

—  G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic

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Alfred North WhiteheadSeek simplicity, and distrust it.

—  Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947, British philosopher & mathematician

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Steve JobsThat’s been one of my mantras: focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex; you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.

—  Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman

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Maurice ChapelanSimplicity has always been the hallmark of truth.

—  Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist

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Nicolas ChamfortWhen it comes to happiness, things are like a clock: the simpler the mechanism, the less often it breaks.

—  Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer

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Jean d’ AlembertModesty is sometimes hypocritical, and simplicity never is.

—  Jean d’ Alembert, 1717-1783, French physicist & philosopher

Coco ChanelSimplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

—  Coco Chanel, 1883-1971, French fashion designer

Terry PratchettThe sun is simple. A sword is simple. A storm is simple. Behind everything simple is a huge tail of complicated.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

Marshall McLuhanIt is the weak and confused who worship the pseudosimplicities of brutal directness.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

John Kenneth GalbraithDo not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths.

—  John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist

Joseph ConradA certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

Carl von ClausewitzEverything in war is very simple, but even the simplest is very difficult.

—  Carl von Clausewitz, 1780-1831, Prussian military theorist

Charles BukowskiAn intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

—  Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer

Ancient Greek

AeschylusThe words of the truth are simple.

Απλά γαρ εστι της αληθείας έπη.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Award of the Arms

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EuripidesThe words of truth are simple by nature.

Απλούς ο μύθος της αληθείας έφυ.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Phoenician women

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Marcus AureliusBe not unwilling in what you do, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate; let not over-refinement deck out your thought; be not wordy nor a busybody.

Μήτε ακούσιος ενέργει μήτε ακοινώνητος μήτε ανεξέταστος μήτε ανθελκόμενος. Μήτε κομψεία την διάνοιάν σου καλλωπιζέτω, μήτε πολυρρήμων μήτε πολυπράγμων έσο.

—  Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations III, 5

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