Remember how technology was supposed to make our lives easier? In practice it actually tends to make our lives more complicated. This paradox has led many to embrace simplicity.

Here's a collection of quotes about simplicity, and keeping things simple.

"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler"

Albert Einstein

"Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means."

- Dr. Koichi Kawana, Architect, designed the botanical gardens

"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art."

- Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect, designed the Guggenheim.

"I don't think I've ever seen a piece of commercial software where the next version is simpler rather than more complex."

- Walter Bender, Executive Director of the MIT media lab.

"Simplicity hinges as much on cutting nonessential features as on adding helpful ones."

- Walter Bender

"The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler."

- Edward Teller, Scientist, father of the H Bomb.

"'Think simple' as my old master used to say meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles."

- Frank Lloyd Wright

"Even for expert users things should be simple"

- Jason Fried, Web Developer at 37signals

If you have any other good quotes on simplicity please post them in the comments.