Pablo Picasso Quotes

Always do one thing less than you think you can do.

Less is more.

I have never been one for the over-the-top.

I don't like paying too much for anything or wasting it. I think that I'm more of a balanced individual rather than a dichotomy.

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

Use, don't abuse.

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

To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half the house in order to water a single rose.

Simplicity is the mean between ostentation and rusticity.

Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness: the one which makes us take on thousands of less important activities.

We all think that the answer to everything is to add more and to do more and to try more. Sometimes you have to have the discipline to say no and to believe in the process that you have established.

It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.

Our focus was directed at developing the best possible and easiest to use product, and this is where we invested our time. Realize that you won't be able to bring the same focus to everything in the beginning. There won't be enough people or enough hours in the day. So, focus on the 20 percent that makes 80 percent of the difference.

Simplicity requires ruthlessness.

Drink your fill when the jar is first opened, and when it is nearly done, but be sparing when it is half-empty; it's a poor savingwhen you come to the dregs.

The man who can master his time can master nearly anything.

One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends.

Don't make much ado about nothing.

Unless the habit leads to happiness the best habit is to contract none.

I'm a better musician now, and I rarely practice because age has taught me the value of economy. And I think I'm a better writer now because I don't waste as much time, dilly-dallying and sassafrassin' and sloop and sloppin' and frying eggs. When you start writing, half the time you're just saying howdy to the page. My process now is a little more lean and muscular. I don't waste a lot of time. When I had kids, I learned how much time I had before, and how much time you actually need to do something. If you don't have time, you'll just do it and get it done.

Sometimes you need to ease off in order to go faster

Simplicity is a strict taskmaster.

Nothing in nature takes more than what it needs