"In products of the human mind, simplicity marks the end of a process of refining, while complexity marks a primitive stage. Michelangelo 's definition of art as the purgation of superfluities suggests that the creative effort consists largely in the elimination of that which complicates and confuses a pattern"

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“I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.”
“Dear Hilde, if the human brain was simple enough for us to understand, we would still be so stupid that we couldn't understand it. Love, Dad.”
“The world would be a healthier place if oral contraceptives were available in every corner store and cigarettes were limited to prescription use.”
“On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.”
“If the eternal King started in Bethlehem, so will anyone who follows Him.”
“Put your expectations on God, not on people.”
“I'll get to the force field of this hostility, why it's there, why the rage is in any of us, why the trash takes place, whether or not it's between me and a couple of hecklers in the audience or between this country and another nation, the rage”
“Despair itself if it goes on long enough, can become a kind of sanctuary in which one settles down and feels at ease.”

Source : "Poésies completes de Sainte-Beuve" by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Paris: Charpentier, p. 16 ("Vie de Joseph Delorme"), 1840.

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