Quote of the day
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. Simplification is the essence of abstraction from which objective values are not necessarily eliminated.
Ken Burns
Born: July 29, 1953 (age 73)
Bio: Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns is an American filmmaker, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs in documentary films.
Known for:
- The Civil War (1990)
- The Roosevelts (2014)
- The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
- The Dust Bowl (2012)
- Baseball (1994)







