Definition of Simplicity

Simplicity

The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.

The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.

Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity.

Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.

Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration.

Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly.

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Simplicity Quotations

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

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.
Bruce Lee

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

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
Lao Tzu

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
Leo Tolstoy

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.
Alexander Pope

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.
Alexander Pope

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
Andrew Jackson

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

Simplicity is the glory of expression.
Walt Whitman

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
Herbert Hoover

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
Frank Lloyd Wright

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.
Frank Lloyd Wright

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.
George Santayana

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.
Thor Heyerdahl

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
Thomas Kempis

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.
Jean Cocteau

The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points.
Rudolf Arnheim

Simplicity makes me happy.
Alicia Keys

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.
Charles Dudley Warner

Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments. I painted only memories, adding nothing, no details that I did not see. Hence the simplicity of the paintings, their emptiness.
Edvard Munch

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself - it is the occurring which is difficult.
Stephen Leacock

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.
Henry B. Adams

The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.
Lytton Strachey

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.
George Sand

The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.
Edward Teller

I don't need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.
Linda McCartney

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Simplicity Translations

simplicity in German is Einfachheit
simplicity in Spanish is sencillez, simplicidad
simplicity in Swedish is enkelket

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