#essence #distill Notice how many pieces you can remove before the work you're making ceases to be the work you're making. If there's any question as to whether an element serves the piece, it's probably a good idea to let it go. > Perfection is finally obtained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there's no longer anything to take away. > The goal is to get the work to the point that when you see it, you know it couldn't have been arranged any other way. There's a sense of balance. Of elegance. > "Making the simple complicated is commonplace," Charles Mingus once said. "Making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity." [[Simplicity, simplicity, and simplicity!]]