"Simplicity is the peak of civilization."
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"I am struck by the simplicity of light in the atmosphere in the autumn, as if the earth absorbed none, and out of this profusion of dazzling light came the autumnal tints."
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"I love a life whose plot is simple."
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"Truth is quite beyond the reach of satire. There is so brave a simplicity in her that she can no more be made ridiculous than an oak or a pine."
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"Good heavens, of what un costly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower, and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons."
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"We all have obligations and duties toward our fellow men. But it does seem curious enough that in modern neurotic society, men's energies are consumed in making a living and rarely in living itself. It takes a lot of courage for a man to declare, with clarity and simplicity, that the purpose of life is to enjoy it."
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"The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves."
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"Certainly, nothing can be more simple than monotony."
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"Albert Durer, the famous painter, used to say he had no pleasure in pictures that were painted with many colors, but in those which were painted with a choice simplicity. So it is with me as to sermons."
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"The famous Florentine elegance, which attracts tourists to the shops on Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova, is characterized by austerity of line, simplicity, economy of effect."
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"One thing that makes the adventure of working in our field particularly rewarding, especially in attempting to improve the theory, is that... a chief criterion for the selection of a correct hypothesis... seems to be the criterion of beauty, simplicity, or elegance."
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"The best painters, as they progress in reputation and towards perfection, are found to dispense more and more with the technique of the art, for simpler methods. Simplicity never fails to charm."
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"During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo."
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"Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing."
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"This is one of those rare recipes, surprising in its flavors and wonderful in its simplicity -- an out-and-out favorite of mine."
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"In my simplicity, I remember wondering why every gentleman did not become an ornithologist."
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"Stiff-necked fools, you think you are cool to deny me for simplicity."
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"However we select from nature a complex [of phenomena] using the criterion of simplicity, in no case will its theoretical treatment turn out to be forever appropriate (sufficient).... I do not doubt that the day will come when [general relativity], too, will have to yield to another one, for reasons which at present we do not yet surmise. I believe that this process of deepening theory has no limits."
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"The law of simplicity and naïveté applies to all fine art, for it is compatible with what is most sublime."
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"In truth, I was so good at being a man, with such plenitude and simplicity, that I thought I was something of a superman."
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