The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents - H. P. Lovecraft
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak -- Hans Hofmann
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand.... Simplify, simplify - Henry David Thoreau
Simplicity is the peak of civilisation - Jessie Sampter
Simplicity is far more valuable than complexity - Paulo Coelho, Desert Island Discs
One is happy as a result of one's own efforts--once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness--simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work and, above all, a clear conscience -- George Sand
Man's rich in proportion to the number of things we can do without - Thoreau
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity - Charles Mingus
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler - Albert Einstein
Look how many things there are which I don't want - Socrates