Quotes About Minimalism

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem (Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.)

One should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.

Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.

If you are minimal, then even a small gesture becomes a big deal.

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

Plain living and high thinking.

My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.

There may be fewer people in the American house of the nineties, but there are a lot more things.

A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on the beach and I'm happy.

The way the function dictates the form... elegant lines... nothing extraneous... this shoe perfectly expresses the essence of shoeness.

The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.

want to cut to the absolute bone.

Thoreau once said that a man's riches are based on what he can do without. Perhaps in needing less, you're actually getting more.

Simplicity is efficient.

Magic is in simplicity. Simplicity is the ultimate expression of beauty.

Future strong strives for simplicity for all:Least amount of individual effort, energy and time to create maximum impact by each person.

Want less, live more

Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.

Simplification is one of the most difficult things to do.

We should always be in pursuit of simplicity, in whatever form it takes.

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Complexity is a universal norm, while simplicity in your life is an achievable exception.

Simplicity is within your grasp.

Globo.com is good at it. That's not because the company is faster than everyone else — sure, it's fast, but it's not that fast. It's because it's smart about doing less.