Bernard Moitessier on Simplicity

Given a choice between something simple and something complicated, choose what is simple without hesitation; sooner or later, what is complicated will almost always lead to problems.

Moitessier held the world’s longest recorded nonstop solo sailing voyage. His approach to sailing was a ruthless simplification of everything on his boat which facilitated maintainability. (The quote is from Steward Brand’s excellent book Maintenance of Everything, Vol 1.)