Quotes About Minimalism

If you want to be fast and agile, keep things simple. Speed isn't the result of simplicity, but simplicity enables speed.

I had no idea that throwing away worthless things could bring about such contentment and . . . well . . . joy. Maybe that's true in life too. Get rid of the worthless things that tied you down and held you back.

An old adage states that less is more.

Everything in the Shaker community was built for service. Nothing was put there without a purpose, and there was no wasted frills. Nothing was built or done just because it was pleasing to the eye.

She's nowt spesh, didn't even have any ornaments. All her walls were painted white, no wallpaper, just black and white photos in black frames, big things they were. There was no carpet on the floor, bare floorboards and she could only afford to have one flower in a vase. Who buys just one flower Lil? Bit of a cheapskate if you ask me. All top show and no knickers, I reckon.

I don't want it to be so complicated - promoters, a business plan, none of that.

The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don't. Quests to faraway places or shopping sprees are no longer necessary. All you have to do is eliminate what you don't need by confronting each of your possessions properly.

I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts.

Once you learn to choose your belongings properly, you will be left with only the amount that fits perfectly in the space you own.

I'm very happy right now without any property anywhere.

'At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom' by Amy Hempel showed me the lean quality of prose.

I do not wish to produce prose that draws attention to itself, rather than the world it describes.

I'm obsessed with proverbs because, to me, flexing is being able to say the most with the least amount of words.

Japanese for simplicity and taking pleasure in imperfections

Reducir las necesidades al mínimo, para no depender en nada de los demás.

I decided to abstain from everything, to go forward in nothing, to reduce action to a minimum, to make it hard for people and events to find me, to perfect the art of abstinence, and to take abdication to unprecedented heights.

Want little: you'll have everything. Want nothing: you'll be free.

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.

I've never been the type of guy that's ever needed a lot of things or any fancy things, but my lifelong goal has always been to have a piece of land and a house.

I don't like a lot of feathers and frills. I like a clean aesthetic, a Calvin Klein aesthetic.

The important thing is not the measurement of how many or few things you have, but your own state of mind and how you feel about the things you have and don't have.

I don't really like filling my brain with a lot of stuff.

I make egg whites... that's about it.

He has the most who is most content with the least.