An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way. (Charles Bukowski)

An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way.

Charles Bukowski

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