Luc de Clapiers Quotes

The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is.

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated.

I don't feel like I have to use big words or theories to get my point across. People are like, "Whoa. That's crazy" and make it into this crazy thing.

Everything that can be said, can be said clearly.

If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.

I'm not that guy who thinks I have all the answers. Writing is a means of communicating, and if enough people say, 'I don't get it,' it's worth looking at.

A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it.

I always go for simplicity.

I say what I need to, not a whole lot more.

I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.

It's not very hard to be clever. It's far harder to be simple, obvious, and meaningful.

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me understand something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

I believe that things can be expressed very powerfully through simplicity.

The niftiest turn of phrase, the most elegant flight of rhetorical fancy, isn't worth beans next to a clear thought clearly expressed.

Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.

What is style? For many people, a very complicated way of saying very simple things. According to us, a very simple way of saying very complicated things.

I'm not the guy who will sit in a room with somebody who's using a bunch of big words and just act like I know what they're talking about, or sit on set with somebody and they'll be trying to explain something and not using layman's terms and I'll just say, "Hey, excuse me, what do you mean by that? Explain to me so I just understand."

Jesus made everything so simple and we have made it so complicated. He spoke to the people in short sentences and everyday words, illustrating His messages with never-to-be forgotten stories.

Uncommon things must be said in common words.

I think something that's very important for us to communicate is usually very simple. Like breathing: Breathing is very simple. You don't do a dissonant 9th harmony or something in breathing. You just breathe, you know. I think that's how it is with very important messages.

Never mistake legibility for communication.

As for style of writing, if one has anything to say, it drops from him simply and directly, as a stone falls to the ground.

To be simple is no small matter.