Quotes About Minimalism

Education was not about consumption, but about contentment with less and less. This is what Buddha taught and this is what the Vedas say.

Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.

Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage.

It's crazy how many nude lip crayons I own - I probably need to get rid of some.

I don't use foundation or anything - sometimes just a little BB cream.

I love the clean elegance of cream and black.

I love cunning containers as much as anyone, but I've found that if I get rid of everything I don't need, I often don't need a container at all.

As cute as baby clothes are... I try to buy less.

I have to admit that most of what I wear on the daily is all black.

I like living sparsely. In the main room, there's no furniture - no tables, no chairs, no coffee table - not even a decaffeinated coffee table.

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.

I've always been the king of silence. I've always been a minimalist comedian. I've taken my influence from Jack Benny, who was the king of that... I've always done 'less is more.'

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

I'm not the kind of person who has tall stacks of beautiful ceramics in every corner of my cabinets.

I think what happens is you write how you grew up. And I was born on the prairie, and so everything is kind of spare on the prairie. And so I'm just used to writing in that way. 'Sarah, Plain and Tall' was that way. And most of my fiction is. I like writing small pieces. Somehow it just suits me.

Less is more' may be a cliche, but that doesn't mean musicians often heed that advice. Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, who performs and records as The Tallest Man on Earth, follows it religiously.

I'm always in an Alexander Wang t-shirt or tank top and Acne jeans. I can just throw that on and be myself.

Think small.... If you can't think small, try philosophy or social criticism.

Most people have no need for more clothes. They buy more not because they need clothes, but because they want to keep up with the fashions. Hang the fashions! Buy what you need. Wear your clothes until they are worn out. Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The way to create something great is to create something simple.

You might get much better value and happiness out of a simpler and cheaper lifestyle.

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