[vchakrav]

That should be -- "Perfection is achieved when there is nothing left to take away."

[ars]

Is the translation wrong (I got it from wikiquotes), or do you disagree with what he said?

[vchakrav]

Oh, I was just applying the principle of the quote to itself.

[jamesbritt]

Then you should remove all the words from the quote, leaving nothing more to take away.

(Yes, I consider the quote superficially appealing but essentially content-free.)

[ars]

:)