Great Quote for Designers, Writers and Software Developers

Sep
30
2005

I'd heard it before, but saw it mentioned on Edward Tufte's site under a question about formatting resume's and wanted to capture and share this quote.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to remove.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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One Response to “Great Quote for Designers, Writers and Software Developers”

  1. jacobjacobs Says:
    September 30th, 2005 at 10:30 am

    I always associate this idea with the Prince song When Doves Cry — as legend goes, Prince applied a similar method, removing what was regarded as the backbone of R&B to produce a unique classic… the song has no bass.

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