Totalitarianism spells simplification: an
Totalitarianism spells simplification: an enormous reduction in the variety of aims, motives, interests, human types, and, above all, in the categories and units of power. Eric Hoffer
Simplification
A little simplification would
A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think. Eleanor Roosevelt
Art, science, philosophy, religion
Art, science, philosophy, religion — each offers at best only a crude simplification of actual living experience. Edward Abbey
…Simplifications have had a
…Simplifications have had a much greater long-range scientific impact than individual feats of ingenuity. The opportunity for simplification is very encouraging, because in all examples that come to mind the simple and elegant systems tend to be easier and faster to design and get right, more efficient in execution, and much more reliable than the … Read more
Ulysses … is a
Ulysses … is a dogged attempt to cover the universe with mud, an inverted Victorianism, an attempt to make crossness and dirt succeed where sweetness and light failed, a simplification of the human character in the interests of Hell. E. M. Forster
O sancta simplicitas! What
O sancta simplicitas! What strange simplification and falsification mankind lives on! One can never cease to marvel once one has acquired eyes for this marvel! How we have made everything around us bright and free and easy and simple! How we have known how to bestow on our senses a passport to everything superficial, on … Read more
Culture has never the
Culture has never the translucidity of custom; it abhors all simplification. In its essence it is opposed to custom, for custom is always the deterioration of culture. Frantz Fanon
Simplification is as much
Simplification is as much in the mind as it is in the device. Donald A. Norman
Simplification seems to be
Simplification seems to be the removal of objects for the goal of making a graphic as clean and uncluttered as possible. Whereas, with optimization, it feels like there’s more intelligence in that. It maintains the usability, but tries to distill something down to its essence. But with some data-sets you have to be careful because, … Read more
People are so complex
People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to ‘hero’ status is too great a simplification. Dalia Mogahed