“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”
“Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way”
“Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.”
“If I could make it better I would,” he says. In some ways it’s a stupid, obvious thing to say, but the way he said it, so honest and simple like it’s the truest thing there is, makes the tears prick in my eyes. (Before I Fall)”
“Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.”
“That's why I get mad when I watch this show," he says. "It's simple, dude. Everything is way too simple.”