Don't aim for simplicity so much as for elegance. When you look at the best minimalists in any category - movies, poetry, music - the ones who are best aren't

Don't aim for simplicity so much as for elegance. When you look at the best minimalists in any category - movies, poetry, music - the ones who are best aren't necessarily the simplest. Minimalism is about stripping away unnecessary elements: that implies that you've got to keep the necessary ones there.