Keep It Simple Quotes

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

  Hans Hofmann

  Inspirational, Business, Mean

  1967 Search for the Real.

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• Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.

  Confucius

  Simple, What Matters, Focus

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  Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

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• 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

  Change, Inspiring, Life Changing

  "The 13 Most Memorable Quotes From Steve Jobs" by Dylan Love, www.businessinsider.com. October 5, 2011.

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• Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

  Al McGuire

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• See it big, and keep it simple.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Simple, Simplicity, Bigs

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• Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.

  Dean Koontz

  Simple, Too Much, Quiet

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• Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• The holidays stress people out so much. I suggest you keep it simple and try to have as much fun as you can.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  Fun, Stress, Holiday

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• Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.

  Charles de Lint

  Art, Hard Work, Simple

  "The Ivory and the Horn". Book by Charles de Lint. Chapter "The Pochade Box", p. 318, 1996.

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• Keep it simple. Let's do the obvious thing -the common thing- but let's do it uncommonly well.

  Leo Burnett

  Simple, Obvious Things, Common

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• Above all, keep it simple.

  Auguste Escoffier

  Simple, Simplicity

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• Simplify, simplify, simplify.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Wise, Philosophy

  Henry David Thoreau (1937). “The selected works of Thoreau”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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• I have discovered there are only a handful of good ideas in the whole world. You already know them. You have heard them your entire life. Here are some of the main keys to being more successful: Take personal responsibility. Things change, so be flexible. Work smart and work hard. Serve others well. Be nice to others. Be optimistic. Have goals; want something big for yourself. Stay focused. Keep learning. Become excellent at what you do. Trust your gut. When in doubt, take action. Earn all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can. Enjoy all you've got. Above all keep it simple.

  Larry Winget

  Nice, Smart, Hard Work

  Larry Winget (2007). “It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault”, p.19, Penguin

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• Three principles of prayer:
  1. Keep it honest.
  2. Keep it simple.
  3. Keep it up.

  Nicky Gumbel

  Prayer, Simple, Principles

  Twitter post from Mar 19, 2014

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• It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

  Simple, Balance, Too Much

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• The greatest lesson that I learned in all of this is that you have to start. Start now, start here, and start small. Keep it Simple.

  Jack Dorsey

  Simple, Lessons

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• Over-coaching can be more harmful than under-coaching. Keep it simple!

  John Wooden

  Simple, Coaching

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  Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Business, Simple

  Walden ch. 2 (1854)

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• The K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid) principle was pounded into my head in school and I still follow it today in most of my designs. I know that my most successful efforts are the simplest. I always find myself trying to subtract detail from design concepts in an attempt to distill the idea down to the most basic communication tool.

  Jeff Fisher

  Stupid, Communication, School

  Source: justcreative.com

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• Do what makes you happy.  Keep it simple.  Do the research.  Work hard.  Look ahead.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Motivational, Happiness, Success

  Gary Vaynerchuk (2009). “Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• Keep it simple, make it general, and make it intelligible.

  Douglas McIlroy

  Simple

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• Keep it simple. You don't want to overdo it with too much makeup or crazy, over-the-top hairstyles. Let your natural beauty show through.

  Heidi Klum

  Crazy, Makeup, Simple

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• Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.

  Joseph Pulitzer

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Business

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• 1. Find a subject you care about.
  2. Do not ramble, though.
  3. Keep it simple.
  4. Have the guts to cut.
  5. Sound like yourself.
  6. Say what you mean to say.
  7. Pity the readers.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Mean, Cutting, Simple

  FaceBook post by Kurt Vonnegut from Jan 12, 2015

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