The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.
George Santayana

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.
Alexander Pope

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
Leo Tolstoy

There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages.
Edward Sapir

They are unique in the simplicity, the diversity, the related harmony of the forms of life that they enclose.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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

Understanding reduces the greatest to simplicity, and lack of its causes the least to take on the magnitude.
Raymond Holliwell

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
Dennis Ritchie

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.
Peace Pilgrim

What is so brilliant about the gadgets is their simplicity.
Desmond Llewelyn

What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.
William Albert Allard

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

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.
Stephen Leacock