Simplify Simplify Simplify

We continue to chip away at the unnecessary marble of life to reveal a new sculpture of existence for our family. Our new art of life is focused on being simple, having as few parts as possible. While considering the approach of simplicity, the following quotes were unearthed:

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

Leonardo da Vinci

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”

Confucius

“Our life is frittered away by detail… Simplify, simplify.”

Henry Thoreau

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

Albert Einstein

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

Hans Hofmann

“My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.”

Ernest Hemingway

“Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.”

Edwin Way Teale

“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”

Bruce Lee

“Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Plato