If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are. – Zen saying

+both by Charles de Lint
The best artists know what to leave out. They know how much of the support should show through as the pigment is applied, what details aren’t necessary. They suggest, and let the viewer fill in whatever is needed to make the communication complete. They aren’t afraid to work with a smaller palette, to delete excess verbiage or to place rests on the musical staff, for they know that almost every creative endeavor can be improved with a certain measure of understatement. For isn’t it the silence between notes that often gives music its resonance? What lies between the lines of the poem or story, the dialogue the actor doesn’t speak, the pauses between the dancer’s steps? The spaces can be just as important as what’s distinctly portrayed. – Dream Harder, Dream True

A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what’s real and what’s not and most of us have been going along with it ever since. – Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night