Bas Rutten Quotes

People understand the simplicity of violence, and martial arts has always been about the more efficient way to deliver said violence upon an adversary. I've kept that philosophy as the focal point of what I do.

Ego brings unnatural desires in you; it drives you crazy. Life is simple, but to be simple one has to be purposeless. Any goal, and you can't be simple. Any goal and you can't be herenow. Any goal and the desire will rock you. Any goal, and you are on the way, again moving - you cannot enjoy this moment, the grace of this moment, the benediction of herenow.

There is no mystery about my style. My movements are simple, direct and non-classical. The extraordinary part of it lies in its simplicity. Every movement in Jeet Kune-Do is being so of itself. There is nothing artificial about it. I always believe that the easy way is the right way.

People do things in the names of good, and in the name of ideals, but the world isn't that simple. So they end up doing things that aren't necessarily good. Even if they think they're doing the right thing, but when viewed from a different perspective they can look barbaric and crazy.

You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.

I don't have an ideal reader. I'm trying to reach something simple and, I believe, universal, in every single person.

Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.

Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.

Whether you're a cameraman or a director, you should ask yourself every now and then, 'What am I trying to do?' Be honest and keep things very simple.

I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.

I used to edit myself. If something seemed super-simple I had to make it more complicated. Now I'm trying to let what's in there come out and acknowledge where I come from. I'm trying to make it more. ..true.

The lyrics aren't simple, either. They're extremely difficult because I'm trying to say complicated things in as few words as possible.

The thing that I really want to try and do is just live my life really openly and honestly. I think there's so much power in that, as simple as it is.

In war, only the simple succeeds.

I think I generally try to buy the best quality and keep it simple. I don't try to make too many decorations, too many things with it.

It's the Simple things that are really effective. Try to remember that.

I must try, however, as best I can, although I am very conscious of the fact that our feelings and strivings are often contradictory and obscure and that they cannot be expressed in easy and simple formulas.

One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones.

In the big picture, life has a gap in it. It just does. You don't go crazy trying to fill it.

Here's what I would want for humanity, because this is what I have come to see is true: it's so simple when we listen to people.

Nature's action is complex: and nothing is gained in the long run by pretending that it is simple, and trying to describe it in a series of elementary propositions.

With maturity comes the wish to economize - to be more simple. Maturity is the period when one finds the just measure.

It's a nice way to put the focus back on this simple act... if someone creates you.

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, "Is he as crazy as I am?" I don’t need that question answered.

What is hardest of all? That which seems most simple: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.