15 February 2009

From a fortune cookie

While looking for some form of caffeine-free tea in the kitchen of this lovely apartment that I am so grateful for having access to, I came across a Chinese fortune that read:

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

It made me think of this Albert Einstein quote:

“Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

One of my favorites, especially for its application in design.

Upon closer (Google search) inspection, however, WikiQuote states that the above quote by Mr. Einstein is a variant of the original quote. What Einstein really said was:

“It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.”

Does this mean that the true quote was made to be “as simple as possible, but not simpler”?

The one thing I can tell you for sure:

Your Lucky Numbers are 22, 47, 38, 5, 28, 9.