“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often”
Mark Twain
“He can take a story, compress it into nine or 10 words, and have a greater clarity and punch then when I write two paragraphs.”
Sam Donaldson
“Whoever knows he is deep, strives for clarity; whoever would like to appear deep to the crowd, strives for obscurity. For the crowd considers anything deep if only it cannot see to the bottom: the crowd is so timid and afraid of going into the water.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream”
Vincent van Gogh
“Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.”
William Zinsser
“The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!”
Bill Watterson
“There is nothing as mysterious as something clearly seen”
Robert Frost
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