It seems that Michelangelo (Buonarotti, that is) figured out that koan--or stood on-the-shoulders-of, etc.)

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Had the same feeling as re. Seiko's simple/clean dial ... much earlier:
on noticing that the cam follower on a Vincent was a forked one which contacted the surface of a shrunk-on collar on each valve;
this feature along with their dual valve guides,
(also with less oscillation on a long valve stem, usually pushed at its end) made for a long valve-seat life, etc.)
Phil Irving had grokked this synergy to fullness..