Quotes About Minimalism

Dresses that don't wrinkle are key. They don't take up a whole lot of space and you can throw four into a suitcase.

I only travel with a carry-on suitcase in most instances.

What I can't fit into my suitcase is probably something I don't need.

Until I was 42, I could fit everything that I owned into two suitcases.

I live out of my suitcase and I'm happy to do so.

When I moved to L.A., I had nothing but a computer, a lighting set, and a suitcase.

Minimalism? It is something I appreciate as an art form but leave to others - unless you count a collection of warhorse-workwear Yves Saint Laurent trouser suits. Maybe my penchant for hippie-deluxe eccentricity came from an escapist dream of a different world. It was tough being a working mom in the 1970s.

I only wear black. I think it suits me.

In the summer months, I like as little makeup as possible - I don't want to be too painted. I might put a little cover-up to smooth everything out.

Most of the time, I wear plain clothes or very simple, basic ones, and then I'll have a statement earring or sunglasses.

Und man hat niemand und nichts und faehrt in der Welt herum mit einem Koffer und mit einer Bücherkiste und eigentlich ohne Neugierde.

Aku ada buku, aku tak perlukan pakaian atau sepatu khusus untuk berjalan ke perbukitan.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

Day and night, house and garden, a few books, a few actions, serve us as well as would all trades and all spectacles.

Every item I add to my possessions is one more thing to think about, talk about, clean, repair, display, rearrange, and replace when it goes bad.

Jerry: If you always want less, in words as well as things, you'll do well as a writer.

It's easy to be clever. But the really clever thing is to be simple.

To have so little, and it of so little value, was to be quaintly free.

So that's our approach. Very simple, and we're really shooting for Museum of Modern Art quality. The way we're running the company, the product design, the advertising, it all comes down to this: Let's make it simple. Really simple." Apple's design mantra would remain the one featured on its first brochure: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

The elegant simplicity of Square (and that of Dorsey's earlier creation, Twitter) is a product of rigorous inquiry: Dorsey maintains that good design is about removing unnecessary features by continually asking, Do we really need this? and What can we take away?

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

The oversized chairs are white; the walls, covered with occasional landscape paintings, are white; and the plush carpet is the whitest of all. I'm insanely glad I didn't bring a cup of grape juice with me.

I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.