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Simplicity is the key to brilliance
Don’t take my word for it. Just ask … Aristotle Frédéric Chopin Chip and Dan Heath Steve Jobs Bruce Lee Charles Mingus Pablo Picasso Dieter Rams Ken Segall Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Robin Sharma Simplicity isn’t simple. It takes thought and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Bruce Lee, Frédéric Chopin, Pablo Picasso, presentations, public speaking, simplicity, Steve Jobs
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Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 275) – Mies van der Rohe
“Less is more.” — Mies van der Rohe Photo courtesy of Mies van der Rohe Society
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 252) – Jack Kerouac
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” — Jack Kerouac Photo courtesy of Tom Palumbo
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Lessons in Simplicity from Apple’s Former Ad Agency Creative Director
Recently I have been catching up on some reading material that sits in a stack on a side desk. (The stack grows and shrinks, but I suspect that the stack will always be there.) One of the articles that caught … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, audience, Ken Segall, Presentation, public speaking, simplicity, Steve Jobs
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Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 236) – Luis von Ahn
“I was being unclear about what I was saying and I did not fully understand what I was trying to explain to [my PhD supervisor]. He would drill deeper and deeper and deeper until I realized that there was something that I … Continue reading
