"Less is more", a phrase from the Robert Browning poem "Andrea del Sarto, also called 'The Faultless Painter'" published in 1855. Less is more (architecture), phrase adopted by 1947 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as a precept for Minimalist design and architecture..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less_is_more
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Nice change of pace thread.
Originally posted by SuzianneAn example of compensatory behavior of which there are many especially following a cold turkey decision to quit some habit forming vice.
The people who really most often claim "less is more" are those guys with, well, "less".
Kind of like all those guys with "less" who drive huge pickup trucks. I guess in that way, "less is more", but it really boils down to "more is less" in that case.
"There he became forever known for the epitaph inscribed on his headstone which read,
"Here lies Lester Moore, four slugs from a .44, no Les, no more". (John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Burial:
Boothill Graveyard
Tombstone
Cochise County
Arizona, USA
Plot: Row 6"
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19899