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> [Artistic simplicity is more complex than artistic complexity for it arises via the simplification of the latter and against its backdrop or system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuri-lotman/artistic-simplicity-is-more-complex-than-artistic-complexity-for-it/)

[Yuri Lotman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuri-lotman/)

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## More by Yuri Lotman

> [Certain supplementary restrictions imposed on the text compel us to perceive it as poetry. As soon as one assigns a given text to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuri-lotman/certain-supplementary-restrictions-imposed-on-the-text-compel-us-to/)

[Yuri Lotman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuri-lotman/)

> [Artistic simplicity is more complex than artistic complexity for it arises via the simplification of the latter and against its backdrop or system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuri-lotman/artistic-simplicity-is-more-complex-than-artistic-complexity-for-it/)

[Yuri Lotman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuri-lotman/)

> [Art's effect is due to the tension resulting from the clash of the collocation of elements of two (or more) systems of interpretation. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuri-lotman/art-s-effect-is-due-to-the-tension-resulting-from-the-clash-of-the/)

[Yuri Lotman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuri-lotman/)

> [Poetic language features an iconic rather than a predominantly conventional relationship of form and content in which all language (and cultural) elements, variant as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuri-lotman/poetic-language-features-an-iconic-rather-than-a-predominantly/)

[Yuri Lotman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuri-lotman/)

> [A statue of Apollo in a museum does not seem naked, but attach a tie to its neck and it will strike us as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuri-lotman/a-statue-of-apollo-in-a-museum-does-not-seem-naked-but-attach-a-tie/)

[Yuri Lotman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuri-lotman/)

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