Camille Paglia Quotes

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.

It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.

A formally harmonious product needs no decoration; it should be elevated through pure form.

I like the classic look. Keep it simple. There's only so much you can wear.

I have no fondness for pure form at all.

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

If I buy something new - a piece of clothing, a tie, a shirt, a suit - something old has to go. That's the way I avoid clutter, crammed closets and drawers. It keeps things in balance, and it really works.

Designing a game can be like a Japanese garden. It's not what you put in but how much you take away.

Like in great painting and architecture, in couture, to make clothes you must eliminate, eliminate, eliminate to obtain the true sense of a line. You see, the more you add, the more you load on, the more it's mad. You must try to have just the silhouette, which is an intelligence in clothes.

A good painting is a lot like a good joke: you need to know when to stop, too many 'punchlines and you will have gone too far.

Simplicity is the mean between ostentation and rusticity.

Our clothing, our food, our household furnishings - all could be much simpler than they now are and at the same time be better looking

It's almost scary how stylish things can look if you take the color out - how much more you see the essence of things and how much more something can appear elegant.

Perhaps the artist who seeks dignity above all in his 'historia', ought to represent very few figures; for as paucity of words imparts majesty to a prince, provided histhoughts and orders are understood, so the presence of only the strictly necessary numbers of bodies confers dignity on a picture.

I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just the absence of clutter and ornamentation. It's about bringing order to complexity.

Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much.

With maturity comes the wish to economize - to be more simple. Maturity is the period when one finds the just measure.

Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity.

In her (nature's) inventions nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.

The true work of art is always on the human scale. It is essentially the one that says, 'less.

The very common error of young or unconfident cooks is to keep putting more of their own personal ideology into a plate until there's so much noise that you really can't even hear a tune. You can say more in an empty space than you can in a crowded one.

My tendency towards bareness and simplification has been practiced in three fields: modeling, colors, and the figuration of the personages.

The best designers in the world all squint when they look at something. They squint to see the forest from the trees - to find the right balance. Squint at the world. You will see more, by seeing less.

Simplicity is the great friend to nature, and if I would be proud of anything in this silly world, it should be of this honest alliance.

Pick very few objects and place them exactly.