Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)

Seek simplicity¹, and distrust it.

Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Rhetoric²

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.

Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

Simplicity is the peak of civilization.

Jessie Sampter

Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.

Jim Horning

Manifest plainness,

Embrace simplicity,

Reduce selfishness,

Have few desires.

Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu

I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891