Quotes About Minimalism

The desert seems to me the simple truth about the world.

I'm a pretty organised packer, laying out everything beforehand, as I don't like to take extra stuff. I've got a good eye for judging how much I can stuff into one suitcase. I've often not brought the right items, but I'd never avoided a chance to shop, unlike most men.

I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Balenciaga taught me everything I know. He taught me to care for the details, that it was not necessary to sew on a button where it had no use or to add a flower to make a dress beautiful... no unnecessary detail.

The inside of a house or apartment after decluttering has much in common with a Shinto shrine... a place where there are no unnecessary things, and our thoughts become clear.

I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc.

I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there.

I know I've been lucky, but I'm not very materialistic - I don't believe in collecting many unnecessary things and I'm not into girlie shopping.

I like Urban Decay lip products, but I don't wear much make-up on a day-to-day basis. I just apply a little mascara on my lashes and some bronzer.

Elegant writers depict intricacy with simplicity.

It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple.

Simplicity and Repose are qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

I work in three shades of black.

I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through as few elements as possible rather than to describe with tremendous detail.

Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.

Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.

This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself.

Out of clutter, find simplicity.

I'd rather hop freights around the country and cook my food out of tin cans over wood fires, than be rich and have a home or work.

I work within the limits of what I have and know, simplicity and low impact, natural materials and processes, leaving a delicate footprint.

The key is to work out the few things that are really important, and the few methods that will give us what we really want.

To know how to produce a work of art is to know how to discard the extraneous.