snuh ([info]snuh) wrote,
@ 2008-08-26 00:01:00
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stone cold simplicity


"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius

"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein

"Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man." - Henry Adams

"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak." - Hans Hofmann

"Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art." - Frederic Chopin

"You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity." — Richard Feynman

"Even if the goal of achieving beauty from simplicity is aesthetically less exciting it may force the mind to acknowledge the simple components that make the complicated beautiful." - Jack White

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." — Leonardo da Vinci

"How many things are there which I do not want." - Socrates

"The artist learns what to leave out." - Ray Bradbury

"I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex." - Oscar Wilde


Sly & the Family Stone: Sing A Simple Song - 6MB

The Weepies: Simple Life - 6MB

The Who: Pure And Easy - 8MB

Sun Ra: Spontaneous Simplicity - 13MB

Uriah Heep: Easy Livin' - 4MB

Fred Frith: Minimalism - 9MB

Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Uncomplicated - 5MB
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[info]presentpossible
2008-08-26 01:13 pm UTC (link)
Even if the goal of achieving beauty from simplicity is aesthetically less exciting it may force the mind to acknowledge the simple components that make the complicated beautiful.

- Jack White

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[info]snuh
2008-08-26 11:54 pm UTC (link)
Nice - I'll add that to the quotes, thanks.

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