Quotes About Conciseness

The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

I write very tightly, and my big fear is boring people. I want them to read quickly, stopped in their tracks. I resist indulging myself.

My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.

He spoke in telegram-as if every word he used cost five bucks, and he only had a twenty in his wallet.

Being able to write an idea down succinctly doesn't make that idea any better than one which rambles on a bit. It just comes to the point sooner.

But never engage in detailed overexplanations of why something is important: one debases a principle by endlessly justifying it.

So, a heuristic: if someone has a long bio, I skip him

Less is more and usually more effective.

Some books cannot be summarized; some can be compressed to about ten pages; the majority to zero pages.

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

the best writers have said very little and the worst, far too much.

Poetry says too much in too short a time; prose says too little and takes too long.

This last sentence is imprecise.

THIS IS IMPORTANT REALLY A poem should never be longer than two lines. That was the first and this is the second.

6. Round down.

If I can finish a cartoon in 20 minutes, then that's the ideal editorial cartoon - it's to the point.

A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.

Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity.

Simplest explanation usually the right one

he stressed that the main feature of science is economy of thought;

duración ideal para transmitir nuestras ideas.

The Storyteller's Secret Storytellers who simplify complexity speak succinctly. They practice their pitch until they can tell a compelling story in as little as 60 seconds.

It takes courage to reduce the number of the slides in a presentation. It takes courage to speak for 18 minutes instead of rambling on for much longer. Leonardo da Vinci once said, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.