Less is more . More is less

Today, Mr zul ask us to search on what is the meaning of less is more and more is less. Actually, I heard these quote before. And, I just can only define one of them. I am confused when both of these words stand together. Since less is more, then why there is still more is less? It is a very confused question/quote.

Less is more

In my opinion, less is more is about a design that simple and clear that lead to a good design. This phrase was first found in print in Andrea del Sarto, a poem by Robert Browning in 1855. 

Who strive - you don't know how the others strive
To paint a little thing like that you smeared
Carelessly passing with your robes afloat,-
Yet do much less, so much less, Someone says,
(I know his name, no matter) - so much less!
Well, less is more, Lucrezia.

The phrase is often associated with the architect and furniture designer Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, who is one of the founders of modern architecture and a proponent of simplicity of style.

More is less

In my view, more is less stand for is, the design with a complicated design is actually looks less in it. Or have to say so, the design content will be consider unrelated and they are too more.

As an example, what do you actually accomplish by adding accessibility widgets to a web site? If you have added them to a global element, to make them available throughout the site, you have made your site more complex: there’s more information on every page which needs to be sorted through or skipped over. You have added an additional technical element which needs to be supported and maintained — as browsers change, you’ll need to be rechecking not just your default settings, but all of the various combinations you’re providing, as well.