Max von Essen Quotes

I love simplicity.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

The older I get, the more I just like plugging directly into my amp. I'm tired of trying to impress myself with weird sounds. It's about the notes more.

There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.

You must live life in its very elementary forms. The Mexicans have a very nice word for it: pura vida. It doesn't mean just purity of life, but the raw, stark-naked quality of life. And that's what makes young people more into a filmmaker than academia.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

In many ways, I've chosen to be plain, almost too plain, too self-effacing. Like, if I record a vocal and I don't like the way it sounds, I would have them turn it up and take the reverb off it to make it as plain as possible.

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

I am still simple, just as if I were beginning.

True simplicity is, well, you just keep on going and going until you get to the point where you go, 'Yeah, well, of course.' Where there's no rational alternative.

All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland.

Anything simple always interests me.

It's the ultimate task to do something stripped back, so you're not hiding behind anything.

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.

I'm really quite simple.

I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.

I feel really comfortable when it's just me and a guitar. It's special and more vulnerable to strip it down. It can be scary, but it's also empowering.

Forget all the bars and schmoozing and everybody checking out everybody else. My ideal date would be to park in a dark place, check out the stars, and have a great conversation. When all else fails, you can just make out.

Simplicity is a state of mind.

I'm very simple. I'm not for the flashes, I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know.

I'm a simple, simple man.

There's a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful.

Simplicity!

I'm a simple guy.

I don't like flashy things.