Quotes

Quotes by authors, poets, comedians, public figures etc. that embody how I work and what I understand Tech Minimalism to be about.

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."

– Albert Einstein

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."

– Albert Einstein

"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."

– Alexander Pope

"All lasting business is built on friendship."

– Alfred Montapert

"No one has ever become poor by giving."

"A goal without a plan is just a wish."

– Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."

"The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows."

– Aristotle Onassis

"Problems are the price you pay for progress."

– Branch Rickey

"There is no more B2B or B2C: It’s Human to Human, H2H."

– Bryan Kramer

"Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple."

"Simplicity is the essence of happiness."

– Cedric Bledsoe

"Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance."

– Coco Chanel

"The complex develops out of the simple."

– Colin Wilson

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

"Never underestimate the power of a simple tool."

– Craig Bruce

"Anything simple always interests me."

– David Hockney

"Good design is as little design as possible."

– Dieter Rams

"You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it."

– Edward Coke

"If you pay peanuts you will get monkeys."

– English proverb

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."

– Ernest Hemingway

"Good design should be honest."

– Ferdinand Porsche

"No man is a success in business unless he loves his work."

– Florence Scovel Shinn

"Never use a long word where a short one will do."

– George Orwell

"Thought, not money, is the real business capital."

– Harvey Firestone

"I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business."

– Harvey Firestone

"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."

– Henry David Thoreau

"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."

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