Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n'y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n'y a plus rien à retrancher.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (1900-1944), Terre des Hommes (1939)
(It would seem that perfection is attained not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.)