Simplicity

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In art economy is always beauty.

Henry James

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Beauty in simplicity Simplicity

Author

Henry James

Source

Terminations

Language

English

Time

1895 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

James, Henry. Terminations. London: William Heinemann/New York City: Harper & Brothers, 1895, preface.

Current Citation

James, Henry. The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories, edited by T. J. Lustig. Oxford University Press, 2008, preface.

Let people hold on to these:
Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

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Topic

Simplicity Doing less Letting go

Author

Lao Tzu

Source

Tao Te Ching

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Chinese

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 19.

Current Citation

Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 19.

Uncomplicate yourself.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Simplicity

Author

Marcus Aurelius

Source

Meditations

Medium

Personal journal

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Latin

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 4.

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

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Topic

Design Simplicity

Speaker

Steve Jobs

Source

BusinessWeek

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Jobs, Steve. "Steve Jobs: 'There's Sanity Returning'." Interviewed by Andy Reinhardt. BusinessWeek, 25 May 1998.

Lack of ornament is a sign of spiritual strength.

Adolf Loos

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Simplicity

Speaker

Adolf Loos

Source

Ornament and Crime

Medium

Speech

Language

German

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Loos, Adolf. "Ornament und Verbrechen [Ornament and Crime]." 21 Jan. 1910, Academic Association for Literature and Music, Vienna, Austria. Lecture.

Current Citation

Loos, Adolf. Ornament and Crime. Penguin Classics, 2019.

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

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

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Simplicity

Author

Walt Whitman

Source

Leaves of Grass

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Writing advice

Language

English

Time

1855 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, preface.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 and 1891-2 Editions. Library of America, 2011, preface to 1855 edition.

Small is beautiful.

E.F. Schumacher

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Simplicity

Author

E.F. Schumacher

Source

The Radical Humanist

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Schumacher, E. F. "Small is Beautiful." The Radical Humanist, Aug. 1973, vol. 37, no. 5.