Quotes About Minimalism

There is an art to clearing away the clutter and focusing on what matters most. It is simple and it is transferable. It just requires the courage to take a different approach." —George Anders

You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects. The problem with trying to do too much

My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do." —Francine Jay

You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects. The

Going small" is ignoring all the things you could do and doing what you should do. It's recognizing that not all things matter equally and finding the things that matter most. It's a tighter way to connect what you do with what you want. It's realizing that extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.

Going small" is ignoring all the things you could do and doing what you should do. It's recognizing that not all things matter equally and finding the things that matter most. It

Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.

Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts.

Here's the thing that I think about life - if you manage to get into a space where you don't need that much, where the overhead of your life is not that great and you're pretty happy and relaxed without that much stuff, you are really liberated because you never have to say yes to something because you want another refrigerator or car!

How freeing it can be to realize that maybe we don't "need" everything we think we do-instead, what we need to do is scale back on our perceived needs.

True refinement seeks simplicity.

Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.

It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential. The closer to the source, the less wastage there is.

It's not daily increase but daily decrease—hack away the unessentials!

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

Simplicity is eloquence

Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don't know if it's because older women are more confident, or just that we don't care any more. But that pared-down approach is the same with the sentences I write; I take out adjectives and adverbs and keep the description to a minimum.

I tend to wear monochromatic outfits - all one colour from head to toe. I did that when I was younger and still do that to this day.

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

Less make-up is better, and it's always better to let your natural beauty shine. Essentially, be happy with your appearance.

I really believe in less is more in terms of makeup. I try not to wear too much foundation. I like to see my skin coming through. I like to see my freckles. I just think that's the most youthful look.

Most guys open their closet and tend to wear about 10% of what they own - and they wear that 10% over and over again. So the trick is to be honest with yourself and figure out what that 10% is.

I don't really put trophies out. I don't keep trophies around my apartment.

I like to wear a lot of one-tone color outfits - same color trousers, same color shirt.