less is more

Definitions

1. 1

   That which is of smaller quantity could be of higher quality.

2. 2

   That which is less complicated is often better understood and more appreciated than what…

   That which is less complicated is often better understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated; brevity in communication is more effective than verbosity.

   • Well, less is more, Lucrezia: I am judged.
   • The essence of Mies's architectural philosophy is in his famous and sometimes derided phrase, "Less is more." This means, he says, having "the greatest effect with the least means."
   • The program, which features two premieres—"Songs," a solo, and "The Pleasure of Stillness," a quartet—is founded on the notion that less is more.

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• antonymless is a bore
• antonymmore is more