28 Quotes onSimplicity

Margaret MolloyGlobal CMO Siegel+Gale@MargaretMolloy

At Siegel+Gale, we often think of simplicity as creating brand experiences that are remarkably clear and unexpectedly fresh.

Of course, simplicity is not a new trend. Gathered here are 28 of my favorite quotes on what simplicity means to some of the most inspiring artists, poets, philosophers, visionaries, and leaders throughout the course of time. Margaret Molloy

Global CMO Siegel+Gale

@MargaretMolloy

“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”

Coco Chanel

Frederic Chopin

“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.”

Isaac Newton

“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.”

Lao Tzu

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”

Leonardo da Vinci

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”

Plato

“Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity”

Steve Jobs

“That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex…”

Vince Lombardi

“Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength.”

Walt Whitman

“The art of art, the glory of expression, and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity.

Winston Churchill

“A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.”

Albert Einstein

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

Eleanor Roosevelt

“A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think”

Francis Ford Coppola

“I like simplicity; I don’t need luxury.”

Neil Degrasse Tyson

“Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted.”

General Colin Powell

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

Jack Welch

“Don’t make the process harder than it is.”

Tim Cook

“We have one hardware organization. We have one software organization. It’s not like we’re this big company with all these divisions that are cranking out products. We’re simpletons.”

Joshua Reynolds

“Simplicity is an exact medium between too little and too much.”

Joseph Brackett

“Tis the gift to be simple,Tis the gift to be free…”

"Simplicity is a choice, a discrimination, a crystallization. Its object is purity.”

Le Corbusier

"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”

Hans Hofmann

Charles Mingus

“Making the simple

complicated is commonplace;

making the complicated

simple, awesomely

simple, that's creativity.”

William Golding

“The greatest ideas are the simplest.”

Albert Einstein

“Three rules of work: out of clutter find

simplicity. From discord find harmony.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

Paulo Coelho

“The core of beauty is simplicity”

Oscar Wilde

“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.”

Charles Péguy

“It is the essence of genius to

make use of the simplest ideas.” 

“Simple is always stylish, never trendy”

Margaret MolloyGlobal CMO Siegel+Gale

@MargaretMolloy

Siegel+Gale is a global brand strategy, design and experience firm. Using facts, intuition and

creativity, we blend science with art, unlocking the power of simplicity to help organizations realize their full

potential.