---
title: Simple is beautiful
created: 2025-02-21T16:42:30
modified: 2026-02-05T09:22:23
---

> ”Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” — Steve Jobs

> “Take a simple idea, and take it seriously.” — Charlie Munger

> “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

> “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” — Albert Einstein [^1]

> “It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.” — Bruce Lee

> “[To simplify before you understand the details is ignorance. To simplify after you understand the details is genius.” — James Clear](https://x.com/JamesClear/status/2017001941318906151)

---

# Incompressible

濃縮再濃縮、提煉再提煉

---

簡約是細膩的極致 (Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.)

---

# Simplexity

* Complex is easy. Simple is hard.
* [Simplicity is not simple. Simple is not easy.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4)
* It’s easy to complicate things. It’s hard to simplify things. Simplicity requires ruthlessness.
* It takes much longer to simplify than it does to complicate. Simplicity really is the ultimate form of sophistication.

---

[Things get more complex before they get simple.](https://sketchplanations.com/things-get-more-complex-before-they-get-simple)

---

# Nuance

* Easy vs. Hard → Subjective
* Simple vs. Complex → Objective

---

Simplicity minimizes confusion and indecision.

---

# The Kiss Principle

* = Keep It Simple, Stupid

---

The simplest solution is…

* usually the best solution.
* always the most elusive.

---

[Gall’s Law](galls-law.md)

---

[The Simplicity Audit](the-simplicity-audit.md)

[^1]: 追求「簡單」，而非「簡化」。