Simplicity
»From the manifesto and personal part of the brain.
Simplicity. Take a moment out of your software writing, caffeine inducing, image photoshopping, animation authoring, interaction designing day and remember that technology should be making our lives less complicated.
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
–Hans Hofmann, Introduction to the Bootstrap, 1993
A well-designed and humane interface does not need to be split into beginner and expert subsystems.
–Jef Raskin, The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.
–Alan Kay, Disney Fellow and VP of R&D, The Walt Disney Company.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
–Leonardo Da Vinci
Things should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
–Albert Einstein
It is simplicity that is difficult to make.
–Bertholdt Brecht
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
–E.F. Schumacker
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
–Confucius