Simon Joliveau Breney

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

– Voltaire

“We do think in words, and the fewer words we know, the more restricted our thoughts. As our vocabulary expands, so does our power to think."

- L'Engle, Madeleine. A Circle of Quiet (The Crosswicks Journals Book 1) (p. 149). Open Road Media. Kindle Edition.

Across all creative fields, what isn’t there is just as important as what is there. In fashion, Coco Chanel advised, “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off.” In music, Miles Davis famously quipped, “It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.” In design, Jan Tschichold noted that “white space is to be

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