Jacques Derrida Quotes

The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.

Jesus made everything so simple and we have made it so complicated. He spoke to the people in short sentences and everyday words, illustrating His messages with never-to-be forgotten stories.

There is no problem so complicated that you can't find a very simple answer to it if you look at it right.

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated.

The key to all knowledge comes in words of just one syllable, apparently.... There's only the last page left to write on. I'll fill it with words of just one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.

I admire writers who can make complicated things simple, but my own talent has been to make simple things complicated.

You can't say you want things to be simple and then in the next breath ask me to be honest.

When I asked my mother, ‘how do I tell people about you’ her answer was ‘tell the truth’. But of course, the truth is never simple.

My natural tendency is to complicate everything--and then to spray words and ideas onto everything afterwards. I've had to develop the habit of keeping things simple.

Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.

Intellectuals say simple things in difficult ways. Artists say difficult things in simple ways.

Do not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths.

Because your question searches for deep meaning, I shall explain in simple words

An expert is someone who takes something you already know and makes it sound confusing.

If it takes more than a sentence to explain what you are doing, it's almost always a sign that what you are doing is too complicated.

Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now.

If we start to dumb down what has been made clear, where does that stop?

From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.

All the great things are simple.

Big ideas are usually simple ideas.

sometimes the most simple conclusion is also the most correct

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Find the heart of it. Make the complex simple, and you can achieve mastery.

Humor is a terrific tool for explaining things, especially when what you're explaining is frightening or dull and complicated.

You can't believe how hard it is for people to be simple, how much they fear being simple. They worry that if they're simple, people will think they're simpleminded. In reality, of course, it's just the reverse. Clear, tough-minded people are the most simple.