Simple Idea

Famous quotes containing the words simple and/or idea:

“We are all talkers
It is true, but underneath the talk lies
The moving and not wanting to be moved, the loose
Meaning, untidy and simple like a threshing floor.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“We are all ill: but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health.”
—Lionel Trilling (1905–1975)