OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

[Owen, Clint]

"Simplify, then add lightness" Colin Chapman's philosophy of car design; equally applicable to technical writing.

Clint 


Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics | +1 425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mary Sheahan
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:08 AM
To: Andy Kass; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

Both are very appropriate indeed!  I'm going to post them next to these two: 

"No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.  
If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripe n." -Epictetus, Discourses

and

"Less words.  Less crap."  -- Shtikl.com

Cheers,
Mary





----- Original Message ----
From: Andy Kass <akass at jaspersoft.com>
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 1:51:11 PM
Subject: Re: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:01:46 -0700, "Flato, Gillian" <gflato at nanometrics.com>
wrote:
>
> "Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve 
>me, and I'll understand."
> Native American Proverb

Mmmm, proverbs and quotes, I love them. Though I have to say, my version of the tech writer's proverb is:

"Ce que l'on conçoit bien s'énonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément."

"That which is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease."

--Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711)
  L'Art Poétique (The Art of Poetry, 1674), Canto I, l. 153

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux

Thanks,

  Andy
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