Nobody knows, for certain, who turned the phrase. It is usually attributed to Mies Van Der Rohe. It is so overused that it begs the question why people still take a smirk of pride when trotting it out.

God is in the Detail.

Well, yes, we get it.

But. What value is the detail if the entirety of form is badly considered or executed. Then, surely, the detail becomes a contradictory niggle. A smart one liner in a poor conversation.

Yes. Details are critical but only ever in the context of an extraordinarily beautiful, intelligently designed and lovingly crafted complete form.

Contentment is in the complete.