Quotes About Minimalism

I'm not much of a hectic packer and prefer to travel light.

I, for the most part, subsist on very little, high-quality, dense-in-nutrition food.

We're pretty much Luddites when it comes to demos; we don't do anything too elaborate or high-tech.

When a man cuts himself absolutely adrift from custom, what an astonishingly light spar floats him! How few his wants are, after all!

You should own stuff, but make sure they are indispensable stuff. A family of three can simplify to the point of owning just three beds, two couches, three dressers, one table, few chairs, one desk, eight plates, eight glasses, eight bowls and some toys and books for the kids.

Give me a chair and a table, fire enough to keep me from shivering, the few books I like best and writing materials, and I am absolutely content.

Dirt is a thing people make too much fuss about.

Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness.

Sometimes less is more when it comes to workout routines.

I like to have a simple workplace.

I love Ikea: it's non-design, but it works.

I have a tightly edited closet. I like what I like. And I repeat a lot. But I'm always comfortable in jeans - I feel like I can really do anything when I'm in them.

If I know I am going out in the evening, I'll save my shower till I am about to get ready, so I'm pristine. I'm not one for moisturisers and toners; the furthest I go is shampoo and conditioner and a bit of hair gel.

As time passes, we like to simplify our lives.

I've only ever seen a couple tiny home spaces that are actually a clever use of space.

Many books have changed my life, but only one has the word 'life-changing' in the title: Marie Kondo's 'The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying.'

I can't be bothered anymore about giving songs titles.

I don't need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I'll be the happiest camper.

I don't really cook much to be honest.

I don't want to take up space with another avocado toast.

Do I need fifty finger-painted pictures by my toddler, or is one enough to capture this time of life? Mementos work best when they're carefully chosen - and when they don't take up much room!

I tend to wear monochromatic outfits - all one colour from head to toe.

Live somewhere slow. Zen blogger Leo Babauta moved to Hawaii to get away from the distraction that is city life. Novelist Pico Iyer moved from Manhattan to rural Japan, 'in part so I could more easily survive for long stretches entirely on foot, and every trip to the movies would be an event...Nothing makes me feel better - calmer, clearer and happier - than being in one place'.

The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with another family and share a house that's already built. Better yet, live in the forest and eat whatever the squirrels don't want.