Elegant Simplicity Quotes

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

Don't get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.

Even as exuberant as my style is and as over the top as I may be, I can appreciate a classic when it's really well done.

My idea of fashion is very basic.

The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is.

Simple, yet effective!

The best sentence? The shortest.

Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.

A short story can be packed with meaning and impact, with the concentrated density of a collapsed star, but should preferably also have a kind of elegant simplicity.

The greatest dishes are very simple.

One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.

Neither refinement nor delicacy is indispensable to produce elegance.

I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke.

I much prefer a natural approach to beauty. You know, Coco Chanel always said to take one thing off before you leave the house, and I think that also applies to makeup.

I was much more interested by clothes when I was younger. I'm about being discreet. What they call the French touch, whatever that means. Low profile and somehow elegant without being flashy.

When in doubt, I always, always buy clear vases. You really can't go wrong with minimalist clear vases, especially when you're sending someone flowers. The flowers are the star of the show and need to shine!

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

Spare me the carefully thought out accessorising that is supposed to look casually thrown on, while in actuality, hours have been spent on the picking and choosing of said jewellery, scarves, etc. Unless you are Keith Richards and can absolutely pull it off, less is more.

A gentleman has ease without familiarity, is respectful without meanness; genteel without affectation, insinuating without seeming art.

I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. And I protest, if I had any money to spare, I should buy a little land and build one myself, within a short distance of London, where I might drive myself down at any time, and collect a few friends about me and be happy. I advise everybody who is going to build, to build a cottage.

I don't want to dress very loud. My style is straight to the point. Being comfortable is really the biggest thing, and a classic look is comfortable for me.

The line of beauty is the line of perfect economy.

Things of greatest profit are set forth with least price. Where the wine is neat there needeth no live blush.

There's nothing worse than looking as if you've tried too hard or preened to within an inch of your life. If I'm wearing a strong item like a really beautiful dress, then I'll play down my shoes and accessories and make my hair really natural.

I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working.