Simplicity is not a goal, but one arrives at simplicity in spite of oneself, as one approaches the real meaning of things. (Herbert Read)

Simplicity is not a goal, but one arrives at simplicity in spite of oneself, as one approaches the real meaning of things.

Herbert Read

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