Quotes About Minimalism

Only the superfluous is sordid

Only the superfluous is dirty.

On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.

Con tan poca cosa puede un hombre ser feliz», pensó. «Ni siquiera un beso. Con tan poco. La taza de té preparada con su mínima liturgia, un insecto dormido sobre un libro, un perfume viejo. Sí, casi la nada…»

Travel light, was all she ever said about the house when he suggested he buy her a lamp or anything, and he suspected that she would have said the same thing about having more friends.

The way you walk is slash and burn. Like understatement's now a crime.

This Laotse illustrates by his favourite metaphor of the Vacuum. He claimed that only in vacuum lay the truly essential. The reality of a room, for instance, was to be found in the vacant space enclosed by the roof and walls, not in the roof and walls themselves. The usefulness of a water pitcher dwelt in the emptiness where water might be put, not in the form of the pitcher or the material of which it was made.

Simplicity and serenity are close friends of minimalism.

The key to adopting minimalism is to focus on what is important in your life - not the 'stuff', but the 'real' things that bring fulfillment and happiness to your life. Once we honestly assess and focus upon what is really important to us, then we can begin to eliminate the clutter and stress in our lives.

I'm pretty conservative. I believe that buying good quality is a good investment. I buy fewer things but of better quality.

For me, climbing has always been about adventure and that involves difficulties, danger and exposure, so I deliberately set out to climb with as little equipment as possible.

Effective tidying involves only three essential actions. All you need to do is take the time to examine every item you own, decide whether or not you want to keep it, then choose where to put what you keep. Designate a place for each thing.

Though I'm a fashion designer, I never stuff my luggage with too many items.

A lot of people agree that tidying is connected to how we live, and even though, outside of Japan, houses might be bigger, people have more things than they need.

Designing a game can be like a Japanese garden. It's not what you put in but how much you take away.

I have a thing for just a white shirt and blue jeans. I think I grew up looking at too many GAP and Calvin Klein ads.

Most days I am very low key. Jumpers and jeans are my staples.

I'm a minimalist Jew, but on Friday night, I celebrate Shabbat. At sundown, we light candles, say the blessing, and I don't turn on my computer for 24 hours.

I don't wear any jewellery or gold at home.

Simple jewelry is best - bigger pieces get in the way when I'm baking.

fundamental Italian cookery rule that less is more!

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

Less is only more where more is no good.

Dado que un hogar desordenado conduce a una mente desordenada, y una mente desordenada conduce al estrés, a la ansiedad y a la depresión, no es sorprendente que el simple hecho de adoptar un enfoque minimalista de la vida pueda traerle una mayor felicidad.