- “Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.” — Oscar Wilde.
- Simplicity is sometimes elusive, but almost always present. “We should not assume plurality without necessity.” (William of Ockham).
- “Nature is pleased with simplicity.” — Isaac Newton
- “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” — Leonardo da Vinci
- “Beauty of style and harmony and grace and pleasant rhythm depend on simplicity.” Plato.
- “Everything is both simpler than we can imagine and more complicated than we can conceive,” Goethe.
- “From native simplicity, we arrive at more profound simplicity.” Albert Schweitzer.
- “For the more limited, if adequate, is always preferable.” Aristotle.
- “It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.” Aristotle.
- The standard model of physics and the theory of general relativity are both based on symmetry principles. The unified theory of quantum gravity is outside looking in. Our attempts to incorporate quantum mechanics into describing quantum gravity’s interface within a grand unification theory have eluded us.
- We should make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
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Nature can build complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity.
- Simplicity is at the heart of complexity. The rules are simple; the results are complex. Complexity is a moving target.
- “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” Confucius.
- Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple and may be expressed stated in a language comprehensible to everyone” Albert Einstein.
- Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter, find simplicity; From discord, find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein.
Simplicity is sometimes elusive, but almost always present
