Greg McKeown (author) book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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Simplicity http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21390/Simplicity <br class="br">From the poems written in English
Greg McKeown (author) book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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“A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.”
Diane Arbus (1923–1971) American photographer and author
Source: Estrin, James, Diane Arbus, 1923-1971, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-diane-arbus.html, 6 November 2018, The New York Times, 8 March 2018]
Diane Arbus: Revelations. New York: Random House, 2003. ISBN 0-375-50620-9.
Ault, Alicia, A Window into the World of Diane Arbus: Photographs from the portfolio, "A box of 10," reveal photographer's secrets, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/window-world-diane-arbus-180968861/, 13 November 2018, Smithsonian, 24 April 2018
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Variant: Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
Source: Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990
“There is no simple way to say this.”
Michael Joyce (1945) American academic and writer
"afternoon, a story" (1990)
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) Dutch philosopher
These, as you know, are not at all like Spinoza's attributes. They are not aspects or forms of the same reality, absolutely parallel and coextensive. My realms are layers: more as in Plotinus; and my moral or “spiritual” philosophy is again less Spinozistic than in the humanistic period. Spinoza's moral sentiments were plebeian, Dutch, and Jewish: perfectly happy in his corner, polishing his lenses, and saying, Great is Allah. No art, no high politics, no sympathy with greatness, no understanding of courage or of despair.
George Santayana, in his letter to Daniel MacGhie Cory, 25 January 1937
S - Z, George Santayana
“Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.”
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) Genevan philosopher
“I am a simple Buddhist monk — no more, no less.”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
As quoted in Nobel Prize Winners (1991) by Lisa F. Dewitt.
“It's simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.”
Sam Levenson (1911–1980) American journalist
“He says it's a secret plan, but the only secret is that he has no plan.”
Hillary Clinton (1947) American politician, senator, Secretary of State, First Lady
Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016), First presidential debate (September 26, 2016)