Food for Thought

Food for Thought

These are lines we keep coming back to. Some are about art, some about engineering, some about how to live, but they are all a useful distillation of timeless wisdom. 

We hope you enjoy them!

Have more than you show, speak less than you know. Shakespeare, King Lear.
"Have more than you show, speak less than you know."
Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1, Scene 4
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. Attributed to Pablo Picasso.
"Art is the elimination of the unnecessary."
Attributed to Pablo Picasso
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939
Deal with the difficult while it is still easy. Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching.
"Deal with the difficult while it is still easy."
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, chapter 63
Treatment originates outside you, healing comes from within. Andrew Weil.
"Treatment originates outside you, healing comes from within."
Andrew Weil
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. Vincent van Gogh.
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."
Vincent van Gogh, letter to Theo, 1882