On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, David Brownell wrote: | I won't quote Einstein, but rather Antoine de Sainte-Exupery: | | Perfection is attained not when there's nothing left to add, | but when there's nothing left to take away. (*) | | (*) Or in the original, where I think he was talking about airplane | design: | | La perfection est atteinte non quand il ne reste rien � ajouter, | mais quand il ne reste rien � enlever. | | Can anyone tell me where this quote actually comes from? | I'd have thought "Wind, Sand, and Stars", but of course didn't | see it there last time I read that. Was it even in a book?
Google says that you are correct, according to http://www.oratory.com/ddyment/quotes.html it is from "Wind, Sand, and Stars." I'm not familiar with Sainte-Exupery. Maybe I should add him to my reading list... Later, -- ~Randy ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Bringing you mounds of caffeinated joy. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
