Quotes About Minimalism

To have little is to possess.To have plenty is to be perplexed.

Spend money on experiences, not stuff. Never rent a storage unit for more than a few months.

Go small, go simple, go now

nothing in the bag but a quart

that she never hung anything because when she wasn't working, she wanted the white space. Palate cleanser, Pauline would explain.

Complex problems do not demand complex solutions.

Wal-mart has done such a superb job of austerity, from start to finish, that austerity is all that's left.

"Where little is done, little is said," observed Sheikh Hassan, "and Silence is the mother of Truth..."

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail... Simplify, simplify.

...the height of sophistication is simplicity.

But refusal to acknowledge even this minimalist state religion alongside one's own personal religion was taken as an act of rejection of the state, an act of rebellion.

We've got to cut the extraneous out of our lives, and we've got to learn to stem the inflow. We need to think before we buy. Ask ourselves, 'Is that really going to make me happier? Truly?

The most intelligent of creatures," he offers softly, "often make the fewest sounds.

The most intelligent of creatures, often make the fewest sounds.

There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea.

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination

O asla sümkürmez. Bir anlat?m biçimi bu:az ve öz.

Nordic Classicism.

Unhappiness isn't just the result of genetics or past trauma or career trouble. I think that some of our unhappiness is simply due to the burden of all our things.

I don't have any elaborate uniforms; I come to the ring in a T-shirt, a pair of sneakers and some shorts.

We don't need flashy cars, impressive titles, uniforms, or other status symbols. We rely on our strength and our will!

I try to keep the more uninteresting stuff to a minimum, unless I'm really broke.

Less is more, unless you're Al Gore.

French women don't have too many clothes - a few good pieces that last for a while and are classic and timeless.