#sophistication

There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe. ↗

— Don Herold

#else #globe #less #more #new

People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. As my artist’s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#modern-art #sophistication #superiority #art

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#simplicity #sophistication #simplicity

The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this "nerdification," to put it bluntly - is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally. ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#intellectual-sophistication #internet #irony #nerd #nerdery