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Record 1 2000-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims
OBS

An expression meaning "if you make something simpler, you make it better.

OBS

A quotation from the architect Mies Van der Rohe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons
CONT

I think that «less is more» («le moins vaut le plus»), dit-elle, citant le fameux précepte de l'architecte Mies Van der Rohe [...]

Spanish

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