Edward Abbey Quotes About Simplicity

Quotes about: Simplicity

• Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparsity of the flora and fauna: life not crowded upon life as in other places but scattered abroad in spareness and simplicity, with a generous gift of space for each herb and bush and tree, each stem of grass, so that the living organism stands out bold and brave and vivid against the lifeless sand and barren rock. The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life-forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.

  Edward Abbey

  Flower, Space, Light

  Edward Abbey (1988). “Desert Solitaire”, p.26, University of Arizona Press

• Simplicity is always a virtue.

  Edward Abbey

  Life, Simplicity, Virtue

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.41, RosettaBooks

• I thought of the wilderness we had left behind us, open to sea and sky, joyous in its plenitude and simplicity, perfect yet vulnerable, unaware of what is coming, defended by nothing, guarded by no one.

  Edward Abbey

  Sea, Sky, Perfect

  Edward Abbey (1984). “Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside”, p.147, Macmillan

• Simplicity is always a virtue. One kid on a riverbank working out a Stephen Foster tune on his new harmonica heard from the correct esthetic distance projects more magic and power than the entire Vienna Philharmonic and Chorus laboring (once again) through the Mozart Requiem or Bach's B Minor Mass.

  Edward Abbey

  Distance, Kids, Work Out

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.41, RosettaBooks

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