Simple Idea

Famous quotes containing the words simple and/or idea:

“Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.”
—Anita Brookner (b. 1938)

“The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.”
—Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898)