A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix.

A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix.

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

Seek simplicity, and distrust it.

Seek simplicity, and distrust it.

Jesus saw a man use his hand to cup
water from a stream and Jesus threw away his cup.
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Jesus saw a man use his hand to cup
water from a stream and Jesus threw away his cup.
Jesus saw a woman comb her hair with her fingers
and Jesus threw away his last possession: his comb.
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The Islamic Jesus.

The simplest things are often the truest.

The simplest things are often the truest.

It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.

It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances read more

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have even lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor. -Henry David Thoreau.

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.