"Experts agree that the notion of a quality 'trade-off' is ridiculous; quality improvement, invariably the result of simplification, leads to enormous cost reductions." (Tom Peters)

"Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life." (Katherine F. Gerould)

"A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child." (Chinese Proverb)

"From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity." (Albert Schweitzer)

"Simple systems result in satisfying work" (Daniel Johnson)

"Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort." (Edward de Bono)

"The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts" (Willard Gibbs)

"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity." (Walt Whitman)

"Seek simplicity, and distrust it." (Alfred North Whitehead)

"Things should be made as simple as possible but not simpler" (Albert Einstein)

"My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way." (Ernest Hemingway)

"A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it." (James F Cooper)

"Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity." (Christian Nestell Bovee)

"It was during those years of looking at all of the complexities of medicine that I began to make a distinction between simplistic, which was not enough, and simple, which was everything it needed to be, but no more." (Spencer Johnson)

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

"Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be" (Jim Horning)

"Simplicity is the peak of civilization" (Jessie Sampter)

"As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler" (Henry David Thoreau)

"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue" (Confucius)

"Unless you can see a thing, you cannot simplify it. And unless you can simplify it, it’s a good sign you can’t make it" (Charlie Sorenson, Ford)

"The simple things in life are often the best" (Kelloggs Corn Flakes slogan)

"Simplicity is the natural result of profound thought." (Unknown)

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

"A child of five would understand this. Send somebody to fetch a child of five." (Groucho Marx)

"On the whole ... if you can't say it simply, it's probably not worth saying." (Alain de Botton, Philosopher )

"I wouldn't give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity; I would give my right arm for the simplicity on the far side of complexity" (Attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 -1935), American jurist)

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