Simplicity Quotes
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:46 pm
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler."—Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
mi en sina en ona li wile e ni : li jo e ijo tawa lili. (why do we need a subject? It's like having to say "it" in "it snows" in English?)
I, you, and he wants this, that things have few moving parts.
"You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity."—Richard Feynman (1918–1988)
o sona lukin e lon tan ni: lon li pona lukin li sama lipu sitelen pi walo taso.
Know by sight the truth this way, truth is good looking, like a clean slate.
"Our lives are frittered away by detail; simplify, simplify."—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
mi weka e pilin pona e tempo suno kepeken pali lili. o weka o weka e pali lili.
We throw away our good feelings, our days with work of small things. Throw ways the little work!
"Simplicity divides into tools, which are used by Beorma as Royal Highness."—Duke of Beorma (ca. 793–1150)
o waso telo li pakala e sama! seme li jan lawa "Beorma" lon ma sona ala? mi sona ala e ona e nimi ona.
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."—Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)[citation needed]
pona mute li e ni: pali kepeken ala ilo kepeken ala ijo kepeken ala ala.
It's good to work without tools, stuff or anything.
"If you can't describe it simply, you can't use it simply."—Anon
sina toki supa e ilo kepeken nimi mute la sina kepeken e ilo kepeken pali mute.
If you talk about a tool with many words, you will use it with a lot of work.
"Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means."—Koichi Kawana, architect of botanical gardens
sina wile ala wile kama jo e ijo pona mute? sina wile ala wile pali e pali mute ala? o kepeken e ijo lili.
Want to get to have lots of good things? You want to not work so much? Use few things.
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."—Antoine de Saint Exupéry
pona li kama la mi wile namako ala taso pona kama lon tempo ni: mi wile weka ala e ala.
Good arrives if we want not to add but good arrives on this time: we want not to remove nothing
"Simplicity is the direct result of profound thought."—Anon
sina kama tawa ma pi namako ala la sina sona anpa.
If you think deeply, you come to the land of nothing extra.
The language of simplicity seems to lack an obvious, transparent noun phrase for "simplicity".
mi en sina en ona li wile e ni : li jo e ijo tawa lili. (why do we need a subject? It's like having to say "it" in "it snows" in English?)
I, you, and he wants this, that things have few moving parts.
"You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity."—Richard Feynman (1918–1988)
o sona lukin e lon tan ni: lon li pona lukin li sama lipu sitelen pi walo taso.
Know by sight the truth this way, truth is good looking, like a clean slate.
"Our lives are frittered away by detail; simplify, simplify."—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
mi weka e pilin pona e tempo suno kepeken pali lili. o weka o weka e pali lili.
We throw away our good feelings, our days with work of small things. Throw ways the little work!
"Simplicity divides into tools, which are used by Beorma as Royal Highness."—Duke of Beorma (ca. 793–1150)
o waso telo li pakala e sama! seme li jan lawa "Beorma" lon ma sona ala? mi sona ala e ona e nimi ona.
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."—Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)[citation needed]
pona mute li e ni: pali kepeken ala ilo kepeken ala ijo kepeken ala ala.
It's good to work without tools, stuff or anything.
"If you can't describe it simply, you can't use it simply."—Anon
sina toki supa e ilo kepeken nimi mute la sina kepeken e ilo kepeken pali mute.
If you talk about a tool with many words, you will use it with a lot of work.
"Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means."—Koichi Kawana, architect of botanical gardens
sina wile ala wile kama jo e ijo pona mute? sina wile ala wile pali e pali mute ala? o kepeken e ijo lili.
Want to get to have lots of good things? You want to not work so much? Use few things.
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."—Antoine de Saint Exupéry
pona li kama la mi wile namako ala taso pona kama lon tempo ni: mi wile weka ala e ala.
Good arrives if we want not to add but good arrives on this time: we want not to remove nothing
"Simplicity is the direct result of profound thought."—Anon
sina kama tawa ma pi namako ala la sina sona anpa.
If you think deeply, you come to the land of nothing extra.
The language of simplicity seems to lack an obvious, transparent noun phrase for "simplicity".