Comments on: Different kinds of Simple http://blog.stuffedguys.com/2007/03/04/different-kinds-of-simple/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:40:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ben http://blog.stuffedguys.com/2007/03/04/different-kinds-of-simple/#comment-7900 Ben Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:24:42 +0000 http://blog.stuffedguys.com/2007/03/04/different-kinds-of-simple/#comment-7900 This brought two quotes I recently saw to mind. They correspond perfectly to your two points: 1. “Simplicity is the outward sign and symbol of depth of thought.” - Lin Yutang 2. “Very often, people confuse simple with simplistic. The nuance is lost on most.” - Clement Mok If you are interested in the topic of simplicity I can reccomend John Maeda's book "The Laws of Simplicity". It's to be had for ten dollars or so, and is a short, and -surprise- simple read. But simple in the good way. Oh, and you must be completely and utterly mad to be watching all those keynotes :) This brought two quotes I recently saw to mind. They correspond perfectly to your two points:

1. “Simplicity is the outward sign and symbol of depth of thought.”
- Lin Yutang

2. “Very often, people confuse simple with simplistic. The nuance is lost on most.”
- Clement Mok

If you are interested in the topic of simplicity I can reccomend John Maeda’s book “The Laws of Simplicity”. It’s to be had for ten dollars or so, and is a short, and -surprise- simple read. But simple in the good way.

Oh, and you must be completely and utterly mad to be watching all those keynotes :)

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