[CLUE-Talk] Einstein quote

[Timothy C. Klein]

* Jed S. Baer (thag at frii.com) wrote:
> On 28 Apr 2003 10:52:09 -0600
> Kevin Cullis <kevincu at orci.com> wrote:
> 
> > Thought this might be of interest to CLUEbies:
> > 
> > Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more
> > violent. It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage--to move in
> > the opposite direction. --Albert Einstein
> 
> Reminds me of another quote, which I can neither reproduce verbatim, nor
> attribute. A thing is "finished" or perhaps "perfected", not when there is
> nothing left to be added, but when there is nothing left which can be
> removed. Another way of saying that the simplest solution is likely the
> best.
> 
> I think there are a lot of sofware projects which could benefit from a
> dose of this advice.
> 
> jed

Another cool expression of this, for writing, is:

I am sorry this letter is so long, I did not have the time to make it
small.

Tim
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