Quotes About Minimalism

The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm.

Keep it simple: own as little as you can get away with, schedule everything, keep a notebook, don't let technology enslave you.

This was the ultimate form of ostentation among technology freaks - to have a system so complete and sophisticated that nothing showed; no machines, no wires, no controls.

I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible

A general principle for all user interface design is to go through all of your design elements and remove them one at a time.

I quit shoelaces a long time ago.

Black is modest and arrogant at the same time.

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.

I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told OEMs that if they were going to put a bunch of icons on the desktop, then so were we.

What I aim at is an image with a minimum of information and markers, that has no reference to a given time or place.

Live uncluttered lives so you could have time for what is most important.

I was lucky to be born during the time of minimalism. I think I can be colder because of this. In form I speak with minimalism but my feeling is sentimental - I am a sentimental minimalist.

societies that eschew material possessions are happier overall.

To ask how little, not how much, can I get along with. To say—is it necessary?—when I am tempted to add one more accumulation to my life, when I am pulled toward one more centrifugal activity.

Clothes, first. Of course, one needs less in the sun. But one needs less anyway, one finds suddenly. One does not need a closet-full, only a small suitcase-full.

One learns first of all in beach living the art of sheding;how little one can get along with, not how much....To say-is it necessary?-when I am tempted to add one more accumulation to my life, when I am pulled toward one more centrifugal activity. One is free, like the hermit crab, to change one's shell.

I mean to live a simple life, to choose a simple shell I can carry easily - like a hermit crab.

Plenty of other books say how to see as much of the city as possible," his boss had told him. "You should say how to see as little.")

The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain: 'This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since it means that only the simplest animals perceive the universe as it is (21).

She lived her life believing in the power of simplicity. Whether it had to do with fashion, work or relationships, she used to say, Boil it all down to what counts the most: What is the essence of what you are trying to do, what is the most important thing? Things only get complicated when you are trying to address too many issues.

Organize your project, your life, and your organization around the minimum. What's the smallest market you can survive on?

To me, voluntary simplicity means integration and awareness in my life.

Simplicity is always a virtue.

I prefer simple things - monotone melodies repeating the same things all the time. Because I think life is like that.