Henry David Thoreau·1854Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.
Lin Yutang·1937Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry·1939It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away.
