"Out of clutter, find simplicity" - Albert Einstein
“The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction"- John Maeda
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler" - Albert Einstein
"How difficult it is to be simple" - Vincent Van Gogh
"He who knows he has enough is rich" - Lao Tzu
"My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way" - Ernest Hemingway
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication"- Leonardo da Vinci
“Live simply, so that others may simply live.” - Mahatma Gandhi
"That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains". - Steve Jobs
“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” - William Morris
"Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things". - Isaac Newton
"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures". - Lao Tzu
"Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful". John Maeda
“I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals; I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object.”
― Roland Barthes, Mythologies
“In symbolic exchange, of which the gift is our most proximate illustration, the object is not an object: it is inseparable from the concrete relation in which it is exchanged, the transferential pact that it seals between two persons: it is thus not independent as such. It has, properly speaking, neither use value nor (economic) exchange value. The object given has symbolic exchange value.”
― Jean Baudrillard, For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign
“The real joy of writing lies in the opportunity of being able to sacrifice a whole chapter for a single sentence, a complete sentence for a single word...”
― Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories
A garment, an automobile, a dish of cooked food, a gesture, a film, a piece of music, an advertising image, a piece of furniture, a newspaper headline—these indeed appear to be heterogeneous objects. What might they have in common? This at least: all are signs…this car tells me the social status of its owner, this garment tells me quite precisely the degree of its wearer's conformism or eccentricity.
― Roland Barthes, Semiotics
It's important to understand your ownership pattern because it is an expression of the values that guide your life. The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life.
- Marie Kondo
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Keep only those things that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest. By doing this, you can reset your life and embark on a new lifestyle. Marie Kondo
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“If you are going to have less things, they have to be great things.”
― John Maeda
“Amidst all the attention given to the sciences as to how they can lead to the cure of all diseases and daily problems of mankind, I believe that the biggest breakthrough will be the realization that the arts, which are considered "useless," will be recognized as the whole reason why we ever try to live longer or live more prosperously. The arts are the science of enjoying life.”
― John Maeda
“The best designers in the world all squint when they look at something. They squint to see the forest from the trees-to find the right balance. Squint at the world. You will see more, by seeing less.”
― John Maeda, The Laws of Simplicity
“the fulfillment from living a meaningful life is the ROE (Return on Emotion). A certain kind of more is always better than less-more care, more love, and more meaningful actions.”
― John Maeda, The Laws of Simplicity
“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.”
― John Maeda,
There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.
There is goodness as well as greatness in simplicity, not in wealth.
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.