Gordon Bell Quotes

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.

I did take some value out of looking at the extreme simplicity of implementation that the tight resource limits required. I do feel that modern games are often abstracted a lot more than is really necessary, and it leads to robustness issues.

A lot of what we are doing is getting design out of the way.

Most people in business and within their personal lives move towards complexity. More To Dos. More projects. More products. More meetings. More possessions. More goals. The best - I suggest to you - move in the opposite direction.

I think any time you increase focus, increase speed, all those are going to help any business.

I like to keep things simple.

Strauss Group continues to strengthen its future growth engines, improve the company's competitive position, and increase market share, while continuing streamlining processes, improvements, and carrying out organizational adjustments in the company.

I'm the opposite of a gearhead. I like simplicity. I use what works, and the only time I change it is when I have to.

I do try and keep my scripts quite economical.

One thing I've learned over my career is that simplicity is the key: on the field, off as well.

I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort

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

When you've got everything you need, why complicate it?

A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.

The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.

Do less than you ever thought it was possible to do.

I think the simpler the better.

No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with-that's poverty-but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you're clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it's clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)

It is much more rewarding to do more with less.

Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.

There is but one art, to omit! Oh, if I knew how to omit I would ask no other knowledge. A man who knows how to omit would make an Iliad of a daily paper.

The quest for simplicity has to pervade every part of the process. It really is fundamental.

We have a passion for keeping things simple.

Most of what we say and do is unnecessary: remove the superfluity, and you will have more time and less bother. So in every case one should prompt oneself: 'Is this, or is it not, something necessary?' And the removal of the unnecessary should apply not only to actions but to thoughts also: then no redundant actions either will follow.