John Ruskin Quotes

...it is simplicity that is difficult to make.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

I've always thought that less was a lot more.

I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.

Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.

The best artists know what to leave out.

Make subtlety obvious.

I believe in art that conceals art.

Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.

Less is more, in prose as in architecture.

Simplicity, it seems, has always been wasted on those who simply cannot appreciate it

One of my favorite colors is no color at all.

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

I've always liked simplicity.

If I have learned anything as a scientist, it is that one should not make things complicated when a simple explanation will do.

Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.

I have never been one for the over-the-top.

A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

I've always gone for the more understated look.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

I think that if you can convey a kind of a complexity, a mystery, a truth in stillness, that, to me, is really worth striving for, and I totally agree with Michael Fassbender in that less is more. If it's going on inside you, the camera will find it.

Concentrate, don't embroider.