Duke Ellington Quotes

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts.

[…] but I believe that things are extremely complicated, and her looking over me was as complicated as anything could ever be. But it was also incredibly simple.

I go back and forth between wanting to be abundantly simple and maddeningly complex.

The way the function dictates the form... elegant lines... nothing extraneous... this shoe perfectly expresses the essence of shoeness.

It would seem that more than function itself, simplicity is the deciding factor in the aesthetic equation. One might call the process beauty through function and simplification.

I guess I don't believe these things can ever be easy, although I also don't see why they have to be hard.

Everything is simpler than one can imagine, and yet complicated and inter-twined beyond comprehension.

Simplicity not simplistic.

I've spent my life trying to make things simpler. Because I find ultimately that complicated doesn't reach the heart.

All the great things are simple.

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

Making something simple is very difficult.

Most works are most beautiful without ornament.

Simplicity is really hard.

The beauty of simplicity is the complexity it attracts.

It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.

Acknowledge the elegance of simplicity.

Artistry is to a large degree simplicity.

Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy.

In complexity, it is only simplicity that can be interesting.

Simplicity and complexity need each other.

True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.

Scheherezade is easy; a little black dress is difficult.

If you don't stick to simplicity, you'll die a horrible death.