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Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness. ↗

— Bill Bryson

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A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace. ↗

— Confucius

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Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully? ↗

— E. T. A. Hoffmann

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

— Herbert Hoover

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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

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One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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Simplicity makes me happy. ↗

— Alicia Keys

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I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there. ↗

— Demetri Martin

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Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

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In literature, too, we admire prose in which a small and astutely arranged set of words has been constructed to carry a large consignment of ideas. 'We all have strength enough to bear the misfortunes of others,' writes La Rochefoucauld in an aphorism which transports us with an energy and exactitude comparable to that of Maillard bridge. The Swiss engineer reduces the number of supports just as the French writer compacts into a single line what lesser minds might have taken pages to express. We delight in complexity to which genius has lent an appearance of simplicity. (p 207) ↗

— Alain de Botton

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