For the sake of simplicity and style, I'll leave it as it is. Who says creative accomplishment requires hard work? :-)

I like a sentence which does a lot in a short number of words and worth quoting like:

"Envy will hasten to his dark corner whence he will
summon his even more hideous cousin, malicious glee"
Kierkegaard

Rand had a lot of such sentences that are rememberable and worth quoting.

There is so much that depends on context that it is hard to single out a sentence without it becoming an epigram. To me what comes before or after the sentence, or even a word is what does it for me. Example, "But I don't think of you, Mr. Toohey." -- Ayn Rand. That is one of the really great sentences in all literature, but you MUST be aware of what prefaces it. Take some of Hemingway as another example. He is far from my favorite author but he does have a way with words.One author may describe a woman as having the attributes of this, that, and the other. Hemingway would describe the same woman, "Not bad."
Reporter: Mr. Hemingway, your novels are so full of.....
Hemingway: Short sentences/

Not so feeble, I'd look at how the skies changed. Otherwise you drove the point home.

Interesting...now finish the story.

P P P PPPU U UUUUUU! in A minor

It's not over until the "fat lady" Farts!

Nicely done +1

another commonality we have.

Thanks John.

As the skies grew a foreboding somber gray, it was with bitter trepidation that I left the stage of the world, no longer willing to toil fruitlessly, or bear witness to the great lady liberty weeping, as if reconciled to the knowledge that she could shine upon the world no longer.

A feeble attempt on my part...
O.A.

It was a bright and sunny night.

As the horrendous miasma of what can only be described as liberal smugness and a hint of jasmine scented Bed Bath & Beyond body mist continued to permeate my olfactory membrane, I suddenly realized that, in my haste to leave this god-forsaken edifice emblazoned with the name "Democratic National Committee", I forgot to lock the doors of my trusty Ford truck, only to find a desolate region of blacktop once occupied by Old Red, leaving me isolated to only my wits in an attempt to leave this infestation once known as the great city of Chicago.

or

Since plastic dinosaurs are made from oil, and oil is made from dinosaurs, then plastic dinosaurs are made from real dinosaurs.

both simplicity and direct meaning which draws on
your imagination plus the style which hooks you
into the concepts involved. . "young yet and tough,
not at wit's end; we each need only say yes." -- j


p.s. that's from a poem from long ago, one of mine.
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you're good, Carl -- take a bow!! -- j
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Hahahahah...I think I've done that at walmart...leaving the fat lady red faced.

A question of mine also...might simplicity be a style also?, I think that would depend on the definition or the connotation of style in the times reflected.
Definition of Style

In literature, style comprises many literary devices that an author employs to create a distinct feel for a work. These devices include, but are not limited to, point of view, symbolism, tone, imagery, diction, voice, syntax, and the method of narration. Style is a fundamental aspect of fiction, as it is naturally part of every work of prose written. Some types of writing are required to have a certain style, such as academic or journalistic writing. However, every work of creative writing takes on its own style.

By that definition, we may have to define: Simplicity.

Full Definition of simplicity
plural simplicities

1
: the state of being simple, uncomplicated, or uncompounded

2
a : lack of subtlety or penetration : innocence, naivetéb : folly, silliness

3
: freedom from pretense or guile : candor

4
a : directness of expression : clarityb : restraint in ornamentation : austerity

Other than being simple or direct in style, by literary definition, they are mutually exclusive.

Are simplicity and style mutually exclusive?

As we see often in our present divided culture, one might except the authors authority and the other not. That's why we get different readings of the Constitution although, using the word "readings" in reference to the latter would bring an argument of semantic proportions...Humor.

A short but pronounce exhale, when that happens.

... which then brings us right back to semantic precision.

Yes...I think my problem sometimes is I mix the arts and the different mediums with present day straight speak and the ways of writing old, which has had a profound impression on me and the way I wish to write and express my vision.

How would that present itself in the form of descriptive metaphors. Your chosen descriptions might bring to mind something different for each, not to mention the times the metaphor is set in.