> Simple is so elegant and smart that it looks dumb. It should look so dumb that when someone reads it they think "well, yeah, this is obviously how it should

> Simple is so elegant and smart that it looks dumb. It should look so dumb that when someone reads it they think "well, yeah, this is obviously how it should be done." Of course, had they not read the finished product it's unlikely that they would have landed on that "obvious" solution on their first try.