less is more

Proverb

 * 1)  That which is of smaller quantity could be of higher quality.
 * 2) That which is less complicated is often better understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated; brevity in communication is more effective than verbosity.
 * 3) * 1855, Robert Browning, "Andrea del Sarto" poem in Men and Women collection:
 * Well, less is more, Lucrezia: I am judged.

Usage notes

 * This was the motto of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a proponent of minimalism in architecture.

Translations

 * Arabic: الْأَقَلّ هُوَ الْأَكْثَر, الْقُلَّى هِيَ الْكُثْرَى
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 少即是多,
 * Czech: méně je více
 * Dutch: minder is meer
 * Finnish: vähemmän on enemmän
 * French: moins, c’est plus
 * German: weniger ist mehr
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ
 * Hungarian: a kevesebb több, a kevesebb néha több
 * Korean: 적은 것이 더 많다
 * Persian: هرچه کمتربهتر
 * Polish: mniej znaczy więcej
 * Portuguese: menos é mais
 * Scottish Gaelic: is fheàrr an teine beag a gharas na an teine mòr a loisgeas
 * Swedish: less is more, mindre är mer