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Simple Made Easy
Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.
John Maeda • The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
Just understand that Simplicity is more than a goal—it’s a skill. To successfully leverage its power, you need to get good at it. That takes practice. And this is where things get a little tricky. Because the irony is, becoming skilled in Simplicity isn’t that simple. You can’t just learn it; you need to make it second nature.
Ken Segall • Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success
Es fácil agregar complejidad, pero es difícil mantener la sencillez. Pero recuerda: lo sencillo es hermoso.
sahilbloom.com • The Most Powerful Life Hacks I've Found
A lot of developers want simplicity in the same way that a lot of clients claim they want a fast website. You respond “OK, so we can remove some of these 17 Javascript trackers and other bloat that’s making your website horribly slow?” – no, apparently those are all critical business functionality.
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Luke Plant • No one actually wants simplicity
make easy things easy, hard things possible
Is there an easier way? Whenever you’re working on something, ask, “Is there an easier way?” You’ll often find this easy way is more than good enough for now. Problems are usually pretty simple. We just imagine that they require hard solutions.
David Heinemeier Hansson • Rework
Elegance is simplicity, efficiency, and effectiveness. It’s not only a solution that gets a result. It’s arguably a better solution—the least complex and clearest way forward.