Simplicity

"Focusing on behavior (doing something) in order to improve behavior is simply not helping people find long-term peace of mind—much less helping them live lives of resilience, harmony, productivity, and excellence."

– The Path of No Resistance: Why Overcoming is Simpler than You Think von Garret Kramer

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Graphic designer and painter Paula Scher on how to make something great: "Less is more and more is more. It's the middle that's not a good place."

A more certain path to wisdom, even enlightenment, lies in strategic non-action as a way of accessing the unvarnished truth that is out there, all around you. If you act less and less on the world in an effort to influence affairs to your advantage you will eventually arrive at the point where you are motionless, poised with full potential. From he

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The modern man thinks that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake.

One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.

Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.

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