Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.

Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.

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

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

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances read more

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have even lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor. -Henry David Thoreau.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

Simplicity is the nature of great souls.

Simplicity is the nature of great souls.

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix.

A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix.

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity read more

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.

Never again will I make the simple into the complex. Something of true value does not become more valuable because read more

Never again will I make the simple into the complex. Something of true value does not become more valuable because it becomes complicated. Experience and conditions come and go; complications arise and fall away, but the simple action of God is eternal in the universe. thanks to Mary Larson -Donald Curtis.