Eduardo Galeano Quotes

You don't have to say everything to say something.

Always say less than necessary.

I've always thought that less was a lot more.

But the shortest works are always the best.

Never say more than is necessary.

I always think less is more.

Basically, less is more when it comes to film.

Dress not thy thoughts in too fine a raiment. And be not a man of superfluous words or superfluous deeds.

I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.

Less is more, in prose as in architecture.

I want to say less, and it's easier to say less.

Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.

I have always believed in 'less is more' in everything I do, from work to my personal life.

I usually go with the 'less is more' approach.

I cut up loads. I always want everything shorter, shorter, shorter.

If you have to go back and spell-check the text you're about to send, you're saying too much.

Simple goes a long way.

Sometimes I think albums are so ambitious, they don't stand as bodies of work because you try to achieve so much, and sometimes we need to do less. Say less.

I'm not a 'more is better' guy.

I think the best answer is as little as possible.

Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I’ve never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself: is it worth it? And it just isn’t.

I have a talent for silence and brevity. I can keep silent when it seems best to do so, and when I speak I can, and do usually, quit when I am done. This talent, or these two talents, I have cultivated. Silence and concise, brief speaking have got me some laurels, and, I suspect, lost me some. No odds. Do what is natural to you, and you are sure to get all the recognition you are entitled to.

It seems the less I do and say, the better everyone likes my work!

In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because--I don't know why.