Mikhail Kalashnikov Quotes

Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple.

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

Above all, keep it simple.

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.

I like things that are simple, such as an alarm clock.

Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.

I like to keep things simple.

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.

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

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

Usefulness depends on tractability.

Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible.

Simple, yet effective!

Complexity has and will maintain a strong fascination for many people. It is true that we live in a complex world and strive to solve inherently complex problems, which often do require complex mechanisms. However, this should not diminish our desire for elegant solutions, which convince by their clarity and effectiveness. Simple, elegant solutions are more effective, but they are harder to find than complex ones, and they require more time, which we too often believe to be unaffordable

As soon as you are complicated, you are ineffectual.

Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do?

If it takes more than a sentence to explain what you are doing, it's almost always a sign that what you are doing is too complicated.

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

I only use a camera like I use a toothbrush. It does the job.

All the great things are simple.

The design of everyday things is in great danger of becoming the design of superfluous, overloaded, unnecessary things.

The plain wooden toothpick, it may be argued, is among the simplest of manufactured things. It consists of a single part, made of a single material, intended for a single purpose-from which it gets its simple name. It is also among the most convenient and ready of things. It can be used directly out of the box-there being no instructions to read, no parts to assemble, no priming or booting required, and no maintenance expected. When it has served its purpose, it is simply discarded.

Be simple and reliable

We should work for simple, good, undecorated things.

I cut the labels out of my clothes because they scratch. Clothes are just little workhorses, aren't they?