Quotes of the Month – December, 2008

“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”

Charles Bukowski (1920 – 1994), German American poet, novelist, and short story writer

“After all, life is really simple; we ourselves create the circumstances that complicate it.”

Author Unknown

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

Charles Mingus (1922 – 1979), American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.”

Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)

“Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.”

Rear Admiral Grace Hopper (1906 – 1992), pioneering American computer scientist and United States Naval officer