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Simplicity, essence, beauty.
Poem No. 15
And let me talk to you with your silence
that is bright as a lamp, simple as a ring.
You are like the night, with its stillness and constellations.
Your silence is that of a star, as remote and candid.
Pablo Neruda
Why use a poem to speak of a design?
The more pertinent question would be:
Why this poem in particular? And why the fourth verse of poem no. 15 by Pablo Neruda?
We can find the answer in the structure of the quartet and the simplicity of its message. The verses use words to convey the essence, the clarity and the substance of beauty.
A short while ago, in a French decoration magazine, I read this advertising message:
“La simplicité est souvent la meilleure idée”