Quotes About Minimalism

Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.

Our clothing, our food, our household furnishings - all could be much simpler than they now are and at the same time be better looking

A fancy watch, it's completely unnecessary. I just need a watch to tell the right time.

This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that's what I had.

It's better to have nothing,' the children were saying.

Vive usted prácticamente como un monje, su casa es de una enorme austeridad, su dormitorio parece la celda de un trapense, realmente es de una sobriedad extraordinaria.

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.

No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. Which is Latin and it means No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.

The more perfect a nature is, the fewer means it requires for its operation.

The simplest solution is always best.

The Ayurvedic route to great health involves two simple steps: 1. Doing less; 2. Being more.

Think simple, Murray kept insisting: Think simple.

A loaf of bread and a clean collar; what does man want more?

My philosophy is best summed up by the phrase 'plain, simple, and useful.' Such things may not win many design prizes, but neither do they go out of fashion.

learn not to overstretch ourselves with extraneous activities and preoccupations, but to simplify our lives more and more. The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.

Why on earth declutter when you can just shrinkwrap?

It's little I ask, and get still less, but quite enough for me.

It's little I ask for, and still less I get, yet it is enough for me.

My space is small. My life is big.

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage.

The easiest way of life is the best.

Enjoy the necessities of life but eschew the excesses.

I really don't require a whole lot in life.