Looking for quotes about being and keeping things simple? We have rounded up the best collection of keep it simple quotes, sayings, captions for Instagram, status messages, (with images and pictures) to inspire you to simplify life and eliminate the unnecessary mess.

Keeping it simple means relaxation and ease in all aspects of one’s life. The simplicity of mind, body, family, love, relationship, work profession, friends. Often we all tend to complicate issues by going into too much detail or with unnecessary drama.

Messing relations, and work with too much information or fakeness makes life heavier with a lot of baggage. Being honest, minimalistic, straight forward makes life easy for everyone. It’s a classy and elegant thing to not complicate matters.

Keep It Simple Quotes

1. “Keep it simple, but significant.”                                                                                               
   

   

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2. “Keep it simple, life is complicated enough.”
   

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3. “Keep it simple, stupid.” – Kelly Johnson (KISS Principle method started as a design framework of thinking.)
   

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4. “Keep it simple. Keep it honest. Keep it real.”                                                                           
   

   

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5. “Keep it simple. Keep it honest. Keep it you.”                                                                           
   

   

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6. “Above all, keep it simple.”- Auguste Escoffier
   

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7. “Happiness is simple when you keep it simple.”
   

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8. “See it big, and keep it simple.”- Wilferd Peterson                                                                     
   

   

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9. “Living simply makes loving simple.”- Bell Hooks
   

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10. “Simplify, simplify, simplify.”- Henry David Thoreau                                                           
    

    

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11. “Simplicity is the glory of expression.”- Walt Whitman
    

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12. “The greatest ideas are the simplest.”- William Golding
    

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13. “Only great minds can afford a simple style.”- Stendhal
    

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14. “Simplicity is ultimately a matter of focus.”- Ann Voskamp
    

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15. “Simplicity is, as simple as you make it.”- Anthony Liccione
    

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16. “Live simply, so that others may simply live.”- Mother Teresa
    

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17. “Everything seems simpler from a distance.”- Gail Tsukiyama
    

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18. “Like all magnificent things, it’s very simple.”- Natalie Babbitt
    

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19. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”- Leonardo Da Vinci                                                                 
    

    

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20. “Simplicity = freeing yourself from trappings. Keep it simple.”
    

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21. “To keep it simple you run your gym like you run your house.” – Joe Gold
    

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22. “Life is simple. You just have to stop trying to figure it out.”- Marty Rubin
    

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23. “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.”- Albert Einstein                               
    

    

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24. “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”- Confucius
    

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25. “When you find out you can live without it go along not thinking about it.”
    

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26. “The most simple things can bring the most happiness.”- Izabella Scorupco
    

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27. “Nature is pleased with simplicity and nature is no dummy.”- Isaac Newton
    

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28. “One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”- Jack Kerouac
    

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29. “Keep it simple, make it general, and make it intelligible.”- Douglas McIlroy
    

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30. “The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.”- Keanu Reeves
    

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31. “We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.”- Mother Teresa
    

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32. “Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.”- Henry David Thoreau
    

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33. “Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.”- Al McGuire
    

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34. “To keep it simple, why did God choose me? Because He felt like it!”- Shai Linne
    

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35. “What counts in a good story is the person inside. Keep it simple.” – Paulo Coelho
    

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36. “The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.”- Steve Maraboli
    

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37. “Men should use common words to say uncommon things.”- Arthur Schopenhauer
    

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38. “Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.”- John Maeda
    

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39. “Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.”- Arnold H. Glasow
    

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40. “There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.”- Leo Tolstoy
    

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41. “Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.”- Guy Kawasaki
    

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42. “Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.”- Lao Tzu
    

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43. “It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.”- David Levithan
    

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44. “Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don’t let yourself be overwhelmed.”- Confucius
    

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45. “Over-coaching can be more harmful than under-coaching. Keep it simple!”- John Wooden
    

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46. “Whatever makes you feel bad, Leave it. Whatever makes you smile, Keep it. Simple as that.”
    

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47. “Three principles of prayer: 1. Keep it honest. 2. Keep it simple. 3. Keep it up.”- Nicky Gumbel
    

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48. “Keep it simple, don’t over do your self. Because simple is classy, and overdoing it looks trashy.”
    

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49. “Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don’t expect too much, enjoy what you have.”- Dean Koontz
    

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50. “Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.”- Charles Dudley Warner
    

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51. “Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.”- Charles de Lint
    

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52. “Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.”- Paul Rand
    

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53. “Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
    

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54. “You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.”- Sue Grafton
    

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55. “Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.”- Joanne Harris
    

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56. “Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple.”- Pete Seeger
    

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57. “Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple.”
    

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58. “Do what makes you happy. Keep it simple. Do the research. Work hard. Look ahead.”- Gary Vaynerchuk
    

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59. “The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.”- Tom Peters
    

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60. “Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.”- Frank Lloyd Wright
    

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61. “The key to a good life is to keep it simple, yet creating simplicity is such a complex issue.”- Master Jin Kwon
    

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62. “Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.”- Stella Mccartney
    

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63. “The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence.”- Swami Vivekananda
    

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64. “Keep it simple. Let’s do the obvious thing -the common thing- but let’s do it uncommonly well.”- Leo Burnett
    

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65. “Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”- Isaac Newton
    

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66. “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”- Hans Hofmann
    

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67. “I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple, tell the damned story.”-Tom Clancy
    

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68. “Every solution to every problem is simple. It’s the distance between the two where the mystery lies.”- Derek Landy
    

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69. “He and I : When words run dry, he does not try, nor do I. We are on par. He just is, I just am and we just are.” – Lang Leav
    

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70. “We overthink happiness. Keep it simple. There is something good in every moment, find it and keep your focus there.”
    

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71. “I think you’ve got to keep it simple, keep it fresh. Stay away from all that processed stuff, read the labels.”- Emeril Lagasse
    

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72. “Let’s keep it simple. Respect my time. Match my efforts. Keep your words. Always be honest. Stay consistent.” – Tehziba Rizvi
    

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73. “A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.”- Barbara Taylor Bradford
    

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74. “The holidays stress people out so much. I suggest you keep it simple and try to have as much fun as you can.”- Giada De Laurentiis
    

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75. “It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.”- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
    

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76. “Just keep it simple. When you over-think what you’re wearing, that’s when wardrobe malfunctions tend to happen.”- Guy Berryman
    

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77. “When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity.”- Michael Bassey Johnson
    

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78. “Simplicity is complex. It’s never simple to keep things simple. Simple solutions require the most advanced thinking.”- Richie Norton
    

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79. “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”- Charles Mingus
    

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80. “The greatest lesson that I learned in all of this is that you have to start. Start now, start here, and start small. Keep it Simple.”- Jack Dorsey
    

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81. “Life is simple. Keeping it simple is not so easy, some make their simple life complicated in the way of making it interesting.” – Avinash Kumar
    

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82. “Keep it simple. Trust your imagination. Discover what is unique about your imagination. Don’t simply read a story and copy it.” – Clive Barker
    

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83. “Keep it simple and keep it real. The more basic we see our connection to God and Spirit, the easier it is to feel like you’re a part of it.”- Jim Fargiano
    

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84. “Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.”- Henry David Thoreau
    

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85. “Keep it simple: own as little as you can get away with, schedule everything, keep a notebook, don’t let technology enslave you.”- Blake Mycoskie
    

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86. “Keep it simple. You don’t want to overdo it with too much makeup or crazy, over-the-top hairstyles. Let your natural beauty show through.”- Heidi Klum
    

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87. “Hair and shoes say it all. Everything in between is forgivable as long as you keep it simple. Trying to talk with your clothes is passive-aggress ive.”- Rick Owens
    

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88. “Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”- Lin Yutang
    

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89. “As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.”- Henry David Thoreau
    

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90. “If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.”- Rainer Maria Rilke
    

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91. “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”- E.F. Schumacherm
    

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92. “Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.”- Joseph Pulitzer
    

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93. “People who pride themselves on their “complexity” and deride others for being “simplistic” should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.”- Thomas Sowell
    

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94. “Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.”- Albert Einstein
    

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95. “Let’s make simple, let’s forget about everyone and everything. Just sit beside me and hold my hands! No need to say anything. No need to explain anything. No questions. No answers. Just you and holding each others hands.” – Sikha
    

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96. “That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. 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

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