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• n  the use of brief expressions
• n  the attribute of being brief or fleeting

• Speeches in the United Nations assembly are not known for brevity.
• Brevity is so highly prized that one good aphorism can earn its coiner immortality.
• The gap between the brevity of King's life and its consequence is easy to state but hard to fathom.

• briefness
• transience

News & Articles

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• How are the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoff ratings on NBC?
  The 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs haven’t lacked for drama. Some of that drama arrived in the form of Game 7 battles in five series. But some of that drama was also due to brevity: The New York Rangers and Pittsburgh … Continue reading ?
  June 11, 2013 - Puck Daddy via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• William Shakespeare in Orlando Sentinel
  Even Shakespeare said "Brevity is the soul of wit."
• Mark Burnett in FOXNews
  They've become so well-produced that it doesn't feel as MTV as in the early days,Burnett said Thursday. "MTV invented brevity in television, quick-cutting and (the idea) that anything could happen."
• Alexander Pope in Phoenix New Times (blog)
  ​When English poet Alexander Pope said "Brevity is the soul of genius," he was probably talking about heroic couplets -- or kidding (after all, he's partly famous for his translations of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad).