Clarity Quote by Bertrand Russell

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

— John von Neumann

There is no point in being precise if you do not even know what you are talking about.

— John von Neumann

It is... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

— Charles Sanders Peirce

Exaggerate the essential, leave the obvious vague.

— Vincent Van Gogh

We live in a vague world. And it gets vaguer all the time. In this environment, the power of the specific, measurable and useful…

— Seth Godin

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.

— Edsger Dijkstra

Misinterpretation leads me to inspiration and creativity because I think my brain is trying to figure out some information that I'm confused about.

— Michel Gondry

After all we speak of people 'taking refuge' in vagueness -the more precise you are, in general the more likely you are to be…

— Anonymous

The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.

— Barry Jenkins

Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others

— Peter Abelard

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

— Judith Martin

If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

— Jerry Seinfeld