Quotes About Minimalism

Happiness lies in simplicity. Complexity brings anxiety.

Simplicity, not cleverness, can be the source of happiness.

Bengali philosopher, poet and composer Rabindranath Tagore: It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

Letting go of "stuff" allowed the world to collapse behind me as I moved, so I became nothing more or less than who I simply was: Me.

I imagined that a better world would be less complicated, less involved, and with less need to mass produce doorknobs and lock sets, electric outlets, power cords, frozen chicken wings, packages of steak, rubber bands, and a million little foam earbuds that slip over the broadcasting end of an iPod. I'd stand staring at Jenna's room, the recycling porch, and imagine what my life would be like if I could squeeze all my worldly possessions into a space like that.

To say more while saying less is the secret of being simple.

I like flat black. It doesn't try to explain anything, and it's been hip since before I was born, I guess.

Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need.

To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, that is to have been educated in knowledge of simplicity.

The Band-Aid solution is actually the best kind of solution because it involves solving a problem with the minimum amount of effort and time and cost.

The easiest programs to use are those which demand the least new learning from the user

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

Simplify, then add lightness.

Do nothing which is of no use.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

It is one of the blessings of wilderness life that it shows us how few things we need in order to be perfectly happy.

We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.

I don't need to have the most, be the best, or reach the top. It is okay to pursue a life marked by obscurity and simplicity. It doesn't matter what I own or how I'm perceived.

While my stuff is decreasing, what matters is increasing in equal measure.

If i bought something that didn't warrant more than three wearings, I did not need it.

The truth was, she liked the sparse look of bare countertops and shelves; the empty white walls felt like a clean slate.

One note from one bird is better than a million words...

Vatican Palace…because in Venturi's words, 'Less is

My thoughts are messy, my emotions are messy, my body goes in and out at will. The raised white scars on my arms and legs are the only aspect of my being that comes close to minimalism. They came from chaos, but it is hard to carve frustration and unease into the flesh. Only straight lines.