Quotes About Minimalism

Simplicity is at the core of Sebadoh.

Having done a Dogme film taught me the beauty of simplicity and austerity.

I've always liked the simplicity of the Black Panther costume. I've never liked when people give him flashy capes and other adornments.

I could do beats with a million sounds, and I could do beats with two sounds. Which one is going to make the most sense, and which one is going to sell the most records? Most of the time, it's the simplicity.

The thing about simplicity is it's not easy to achieve. To many, simplicity can mean repetitiveness and maybe even a lack of intelligence, those kind of things, but simple yet unique is the key.

I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.

Simplify, simplify.

I tried to imagine myself dead, someone sorting carelessly through my belongings. What was there really of my life? Canceled checks. Reports all typewritten and filed. Everything of value reduced to terse prose. I didn't keep much myself, didn't hoard or save.

The key to spring cleaning is to be ruthless! Throw out anything and everything you never use. (Or that may be incriminating. Burn, if necessary, but remember—if using gasoline, those fires should be contained in a non-flammable container.)

Minimalism is a girl's best asset, blend tones, smudge hard outlines; if all else fails; Photoshop it.

My cooking style is really simple. Not a lot of ingredients, but all good quality, so you don't have to do that much to them.

I don't believe in getting a lot of new gear all the time, so I get very deeply into one instrument and use it for many years.

I love playing instruments that I don't know how to play or am not familiar with. I like the idea of danger and innocence that comes from it. As an artist, I feel I should be able to do something with anything I get my hands on. The music becomes minimalist because of my limited knowledge.

I think architecture, to be really intense and fulfilling, doesn't have to be large.

I try to write short novels and leave details out not because I want to be minimalist, but because I think that it enables the readers' creativity and interaction with the book.

I'm just not very interested in decoration.

I want fewer interruptions in my day. I have eliminated a lot of things from my life. I'm on a declining scale of wanting things.

Of all forms of love, paranoia is the most ascetic, the love that demands least from its object.

Not moving, and barely

I'm not a materialist, I don't care for things. I don't like cars, I hate things that can be exploited. I live a simple life. The only luxuries I have in my life are travel and food.

I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

Style is what happens when simplicity is achieved.

It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore.

Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it'd lose even its imperfection.