Herbie Hancock Quotes

Less is more.

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

I always think less is more.

Furnishing a home is no different than going into the studio and making music. You want to make sure you've pared down all the extra details so that in the end, every stitch has a context uniquely yours.

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. 'Less is more' remains my mantra.

I have always believed in 'less is more' in everything I do, from work to my personal life.

I sometimes think less is more. If you cut yourself in too many places, it is hard to execute.

I usually go with the 'less is more' approach.

I'm a minimalist kind of person: only one pair of boots, one pair of pants, and if I could, only one shirt.

My philosophy is generally to keep things as simple as possible.

It's amazing to me how often the answer to making something sound better is to play something less.

Sometimes I think albums are so ambitious, they don't stand as bodies of work because you try to achieve so much, and sometimes we need to do less. Say less.

Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.

The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.

I think the simpler the better.

We have a passion for keeping things simple.

Things that are complex are not useful, Things that are useful are simple.

The trick isn't adding stuff, it's taking away.

Simplicity requires ruthlessness.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail.

Art is about eliminating almost everything in order to focus on the thing that you need to talk about.

Too many escape into complexity these days. For it is an escape for persons to cry, when this question of the equality of peoples is raised in India or in our own South, 'Ah, but the situation is not so simple.' ... no great stride forward is ever made for the individual or for the human race unless the complex situation is reduced to one simple question and its simple answer.

There is a close relationship between a house full of possessions and a heart full of desires, between a cluttered closet and a crowded schedule, between having no place to put possessions and having no priorities for our life. These are precious clues. They remind us to slow down, to live in the present, to reduce the desires that drain our vitality, to clarify priorities so we can give our time and attention to what matters most. Tragically, in the press of modern life, we have managed to get backwards one of life's most vital truths: people are to be loved; things are to be used.

Simplicity is a jewel rarely found.