Steve McConnell Quotes

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

I cut up loads. I always want everything shorter, shorter, shorter.

The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.

I think the simpler the better.

I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there.

My palate is simpler than it used to be. A young chef adds and adds and adds to the plate. As you get older, you start to take away.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself.

Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.

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

So much of artistic creation is just exclusion. It's not creating things; it's just excluding things that really aren't going to be helpful.

I always think less is more.

The older I get, the more I desire simplicity.

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

The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.

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.

I underwent a whole process of slowly letting go of idiosyncrasies and habits and embellishments and everything extraneous to the essentials that I'm unwilling to let go of. I never dreamed that I would be making black-and-white paintings with so little embellishment. But it's been liberating in many ways to let go of that and yet see what I did want to retain.

In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting.

Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.

There is but one art, to omit.