Top 100 Quotes About Less Is More
#1. I think sometimes less is more. I don't think it helps to overdo exercising - I think you need to do it to keep your body healthy and fit, but there is a fine line between, you know, healthy and obsession. You have to build your foundation first. Your brain has to sort of connect to your body.
Martha Hunt
#2. Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
Pat Summitt
#3. I'd love to tell actors about all the things they don't need to worry about. Less is more. If you have it inside, you don't need to show too much. People pick up on things.
Sigourney Weaver
#4. I think a girl always needs a cardigan, and I tend to go for the sparkles. I have a minimum of 50 embellished cardigans. I'm not a believer in less is more; I'm sort of a believer in more is necessary.
L'Wren Scott
#5. Less is more when you do a bright, bold lip. Just draw on black liner and some mascara and you're good to go!
Stacy Keibler
#6. I believe how you measure a good movie is how many times you can see it. With comedies, I like to be a producer, because comedies can get corny and go off track real fast. I'm always the 'less is more' guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded.
Ice Cube
#7. I'm always the "less is more" guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded. Even if I let it go off and go crazy, I'm still the voice of keeping things grounded in reality.
Ice Cube
#8. Less is more, unless you're Al Gore.
Jeff Rich
#9. They added a cheap gift to the expensive product, and made the whole deal less attractive. Less is more in this case.
Daniel Kahneman
#10. Yes," Gary agreed, "and if less is more, then logically, more must be even more than that.
Scott Meyer
#11. On the fragrance side, I think it's important that it's not overpowering, a fragrance on a man or a woman. I think it's important to see the person before you smell them. Less is more.
David Beckham
#12. Less is more. I truly believe in buying a few pieces with better construction.
Stacy London
#13. My fashion secret is "SIMPLE IS BETTER ... LESS IS MORE."
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#15. I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. 'Less is more' remains my mantra.
Stephane Rolland
#17. There is no reason for verbosity in the olfactory world. Less is more.
Adria J. Cimino
#18. But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.
Aaron Eckhart
#19. Spare me the carefully thought out accessorising that is supposed to look casually thrown on, while in actuality, hours have been spent on the picking and choosing of said jewellery, scarves, etc. Unless you are Keith Richards and can absolutely pull it off, less is more.
Emma Ishta
#20. Some players, they have all their licks memorized. They think about what they're going to play, but I try to think about what not to play. Tone and phrasing, that's what's important - less is more. The feeling, that's the thing.
Charlie Musselwhite
#21. Sometimes it's about less is more. It's about the seed. Thinking about this gigantic tree that you think is so beautiful but it started with this just seed.
Fred Durst
#22. Less is more. Simplicity is awesome. That's all you need in life. Its just my personal philosophy.
G-Eazy
#23. I really believe less is more. When you get older, too much makeup can be ageing, and when you're young, you should enjoy the fact your skin is free from lines and wrinkles rather than overloading it with products.
Louise Nurding
#24. I love to be clean. I wear the same things, all of my clothes pretty much look the same. I'm a plain and simple type of guy. I don't really do a lotta busy colors and things of that nature. I feel like less is more.
Kevin Gates
#25. Less is more. If I don't have to wear make-up, I don't. If there's no real reason to have my hair 'done', I leave it. To keep it looking healthy, I ensure its properly shampooed and conditioned every time I wash it.
Cat Deeley
#27. I've been able to see the world many times over. The thing I've learned is less is more. I travel as light as possible. I try to carry on.
Chris Harrison
#28. Microinteractions are an exercise in restraint, in doing as much as possible with as little as possible. Embrace the constraints and focus your attention on doing one thing well. Mies van der Rohe's mantra of "less is more" should be the microinteraction designer's mantra as well.
Dan Saffer
#29. I feel like my style's always been influenced by 'less is more.' The coolest styles are kind of simple and classic, like a white T-shirt and jeans. Maybe you have a cool belt and cool shoes, but everything else you keep simple.
Chris Evans
#30. In humor, almost always, less is more.
Ken Weber
#31. I guess he wanted to see a little more sexual activity because in real life, in bed I think less is more and let the woman come to me. Frankly, I don't even need a woman there.
Garry Shandling
#32. I liked Nicole Kidman because she is so fashionable she can do less is more. It was very, very simple, but it was so chic. Some people thought she looked washed out, I didn't at all.
Steven Cojocaru
#33. Art has simple founding principles: Less is more, more or less; fill in the blanks with no filler.
Kevin Focke
#34. A lot of people tend to chew up the scenery. I'm a firm believer in less is more, especially on the big screen.
Mark Wahlberg
#35. I think that if you can convey a kind of a complexity, a mystery, a truth in stillness, that, to me, is really worth striving for, and I totally agree with Michael Fassbender in that less is more. If it's going on inside you, the camera will find it.
Gabriel Byrne
#36. Line between the materialistic and spiritual view of money is that while the former is rooted in the belief that more is better, the latter is a reflection of conviction that less is more and nothing is everything.
Anonymous
#37. ...fundamental Italian cookery rule that less is more!
Francine Segan
#38. Some people say that less is more. But I think more is more.
Dolly Parton
#39. It's easy to get sidetracked with technology, and that is the danger, but ultimately you have to see what works with the music and what doesn't. In a lot of cases, less is more. In most cases, less is more.
Herbie Hancock
#40. I think most directors subscribe to the principle that less is more, and the best direction is the most concise direction.
Joshua Marston
#41. In the realm of the phenomenal, "less is more" only when less is the sum total of more.
Robert Irwin
#42. I'm inspired by artists who use a limited palette, like painter Piet Mondrian, and the White Stripes, two musicians who create an incredible sound. Our food is starting to go back to a 'less is more' style.
Graham Elliot
#43. Of course I was already familiar with that saying by Mies van der Rohe, Less is more, but I hadn't appreciated before just how sensual less could be, how rich and voluptuous.
J.P. Delaney
#44. I think less is more when it comes to kissing in the movies.
Julia Roberts
#45. The point is, stories can be all lengths. Never underestimate the power of less is more.
Darynda Jones
#46. Less is More. It's the Chocolate Chip in your cookie. Yes, it's delicious. But you can't have a cookie that's *all* chocolate chip. It just doesn't work.
Patrick Rothfuss
#47. I'm very classic and structural. I love clean lines and interesting, modern details. But I'm all about being streamlined - less is more.
Nina Garcia
#48. Fans think they want to see more than the 10 to 20 seconds of Itchy and Scratchy that we put on the show, but my feeling is less is more. Once you've skinned and flayed a cat, ripped his head off, made him drink acid and tied his tongue to the moon, there really isn't that much to say.
Matt Groening
#49. If less is more, maybe nothing is everything.
Rem Koolhaas
#50. When it comes to jewellery, less is more as you get older. Just before I go out to a party, I look at myself in the mirror and take off half of the jewellery I'm wearing. Anything that rattles or clanks is just too dowager duchess.
Jerry Hall
#51. I've always been the king of silence. I've always been a minimalist comedian. I've taken my influence from Jack Benny, who was the king of that ... I've always done 'less is more.'
Albert Brooks
#52. I learned up less is more.The makeup used to wear me and now I wear the makeup.
Halle Berry
#53. Glamour to the outside world is taking some sense of care in your appearance and should give you inner confidence. You can do a full on look or you can do a 'less is more' look but you want to have those components, those little things that are special to you.
Zac Posen
#54. I don't believe less is more. I believe that more is more. I believe that less is less, fat fat, thin thin and enough is enough.
Stanley Elkin
#55. I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.
R. Lee Ermey
#56. I really believe in less is more. It's more sophisticated to look look and fresh and make a statement in one place.
Erin Heatherton
#57. I always take a less-is-more approach to my routine, and use products that create a sun-kissed glow that can transition from day to night.
Charlotte Ronson
#58. My advice to aspriring models is less is more, try not to do crazy hair and makeup, keep it simple but beautiful when you're trying to find an agency and get started.
Liris Crosse
#59. I really believe in less is more in terms of makeup. I try not to wear too much foundation. I like to see my skin coming through. I like to see my freckles. I just think that's the most youthful look.
Michelle Monaghan
#60. In radio, you are the game, so to speak - you have to describe every aspect. In TV, I've always felt less is more, and it's really a question of my setting up the color analyst more than anything else.
Marv Albert
#61. Less is more, in prose as in architecture.
Donald Hall
#62. A well-cut dress is my personal style. I definitely like it classic; less is more. The thing I despise most is vulgarity.
Diane Kruger
#63. There is in art the notion of less is more, which is to say, you don't torture a painting that has already confessed.
Robert Breault
#64. When we have simplicity we have so much more freedom in every single aspect of our lives. Maybe it's a classic case of less is more? Less stress, less worries, more time, more happiness.
Evan Sutter
#65. What I've learned about writing is that sometimes less is more, while often more is grander. And both are true.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#66. I'm from the 'less is more' school. I had to be in the 'more is more' zone with 'Dallas Buyers Club', so I was out of my comfort zone, but I had to trust that.
Jean-Marc Vallee
#67. When people say to me less is more I reply, 'More is more'.
Dolly Parton
#68. So much is said with the electricity of the eyes, the intensity of a whisper. Less is more.
Elizabeth Taylor
#69. In general, I think, less is more, and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I've failed in my obligation to the readers.
Jeffery Deaver
#70. Less is more. Happiness is found close to the necessities of life, not in needless complexity and meaningless multiplicity of choice.
Peter Dale Scott
#71. I shaved a lot off of a lot that I saw in that I like to be less is more and make everything count and not give anyone anything extra. I was what you see is what you got. It was organic. I came up with the persona. The persona is me, coupled together with a lot of my interests.
Bill Goldberg
#72. Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is more.
Jerry B. Jenkins
#73. 61I am prepared to ... assert that inspiration has something in common with a convulsion, and that every sublime thought is accompanied by a more or less violent nervous shock which has its repercussions in the very core of the brain.
Walter Benjamin
#74. Our job is to become more and more of what we are. The growth of a poet seems to be related to his or her becoming less and less embarrassed about more and more.
Marvin Bell
#75. What an argument in favor of social connections is the observation that by communicating our grief we have less, and by communicating our pleasure we have more.
Sir Fulke Greville
#77. Peace is wonderful, but / ecstatic dance is more fun / and less narcissistic
Rumi
#78. He looked tired. And not the kind of tired you feel after a long day, but the kind of tired that lingers no matter how much sleep you get or how much coffee you ingest. The kind of tired that is less about rest and more about unrest. I
T.M. Frazier
#79. Vulcans are so smart. There's no excess; it's just enough. I learned coming away from the film that less really is much more. Sometimes, as a human, you get so discombobulated with emotions, but this was easier, because it was s o clean to play.
Kim Cattrall
#80. Doing more and more with less and less is one form of being generous. In fact, the easiest way to become rich is by being generous.
Robert Kiyosaki
#81. Sponsored stories are not a great way to monetize mobile traffic. The phone is way more of a publishing tool than a reading tool. The attention users pay to the streams on mobile is far less than on the desktop.
Keith Teare
#82. The more opportunities there are in a Society for some persons to live upon the toil of others, and the less those others may enjoy the fruits of their work themselves, the more is diligence killed, the former become insolent, the latter despairing, and both negligent.
Anders Chydenius
#83. Remember, it is a deep principle of our nature not to regard the safety of those who do not regard their own. If you are indifferent to your own safety, you must not be surprised if those less interested should become more so.
John C. Calhoun
#84. The more energy taken, the less energy that is left for us to implement our goals and the smaller the probability of realization of our innate potential
Sunday Adelaja
#85. Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.
Alvar Aalto
#86. People in America, they're getting dumber, they're getting less able to analyze something and think critically, and pick apart the underlying elements. And more and more ready to make a snap judgment regarding something at face value, which is too bad.
William Missouri Downs
#87. My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control.
Hermann Maier
#88. Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
#89. We are more sensitive to losses than to gains; the pleasure of winning is less than the pain of losing.
John A. Daly
#90. The more I see of the country, the less I feel I know about it. There is a saying that after five years in the north every man is an expert; after ten years, a novice.
Pierre Berton
#91. There is no need to run outside for better seeing ... Rather abide at the center of your being; For the more you leave it the less you learn. Search your heart and see ... The way to do is to be.
Laozi
#92. Often, the more reliably you perform a task, the less likely it is for someone to notice that you're doing it and to feel grateful and to feel any impulse to help or to take a turn.
Gretchen Rubin
#93. That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise.
David Hume
#94. I thought it was important to speak about what I believe would be the right response to Russian aggression in Ukraine. I'm pleased to hear there is more sanctions maybe coming tomorrow. But the truth of the matter is I think we need less talk and more deeds.
Mike Pence
#95. Be less about protecting any type of identity affiliated to a country or even ethnic background. Be more about the fact that we're here for a short time and Heaven is going to be a rainbow of people, multiculture, every generation.
Max Lucado
#96. That everything is on fire, slow fire, and we're all less than a million breaths away from an oblivion more total than we can even bring ourselves to even try to imagine ...
David Foster Wallace
#97. Why is it that the less one has to say the more one says it in the most pompous and pedantic way possible? ... Is it to fool the world or just to fool themselves?
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
#98. Few problems are less recognized, but more important than, the accelerating disappearance of the earth's biological resources. In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it is perched.
Paul R. Ehrlich
#99. In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
B.H. Liddell Hart
#100. Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.
Susan Meissner
