I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

—Albert Einstein

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

In character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

—Eleanor Roosevelt

Simplicity is an exact medium between too little and too much.

—Joshua Reynolds

Simple style is like white light. It is complex, but its complexity is not obvious.

—Anatole France

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

—Edwin Way Teale

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

—Hans Hofmann

The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn’t simple.

 —Doris Janzen Longacre

Maybe a person’s time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.

 —Frank A. Clark

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.

—Lin Yutang

We don’t need to increase our goods nearly as much as we need to scale down our wants. Not wanting something is as good as possessing it.

 —Donald Horban

Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.

—Philip Wylie

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

—Leonardo DaVinci