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Quotes About Minimalist

To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
~ Karl Pilkington
I like to keep things classic, not lavish or blinged out. I don't even say that word. The last thing I want to be is over the top.
~ Dhani Jones
Our sociality is simply far too complex to be outsourced to a social network or reduced to instant messages & emojis. Any digital minimalist must confront this reality & manage his or her relationship with these tools accordingly. [...] The key is the intention behind what you decide, not necessarily its details.
~ Cal newport
Face-to-face conversation unfolds slowly. It teaches patience. We attend to tone & nuance. On the other hand, when we communicate on our digital devices, we learn different habits. As a true digital minimalist, Turkle approaches these issues from a standpoint of smarter use of digital communication tools, not blanket abstention. "My argument is not anti-technology." She writes. "It's pro-conversation.
~ Cal newport
My personal style is somewhat androgynous and simple. With my lifestyle, I've become more of a minimalist.
~ Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Even the furniture in the glass room was transparent—off-the-shelf Louis Ghost chairs and a matching transparent table.
~ Charles Stross
This makes it much easier to institute radical departures in public policy. In complex or divided societies, the chances are that a minority—or even a majority—will be forced to concede, often against its will. This makes collective policymaking contentious and favors a minimalist approach to social reform: better to do nothing than to divide people for and against a controversial project.
~ Tony Judt
I'm a very T-shirt/denim blouse/denim type of girl.
~ Camille Rowe
My trouser needs are simple: a narrow leg in a dark colour, with jean detailing.
~ John Cooper Clarke
I have a preference for rough architecture, real, inexpensive, unfinished.
~ Thom Mayne
I always have separated myself from my critiques of collections. My judgment is not about whether I would wear it - but how the collection stands in the lexicon of an established designer. As I am a maximalist, not a minimalist, I don't wear Armani or Celine - but I so appreciate what they have achieved.
~ Suzy Menkes
Equally important was the approach of the advertising, which can be summarized with a single word: "minimalist." "Billy Graham, Harringay Arena, 7: 30 Every Night." Or "Hear Billy Graham." Or just "Billy Graham," with his photo. Crusade organizers took a cue from advertisements for Cadillacs in the United States. They gave just enough information to arouse curiosity, implying that the product was so desirable it sold itself.
~ Grant Wacker
pale-gray rug. Several pieces of chrome-and-black-leather
~ James Patterson
I like to wear jewellery, even though I like my look to be minimalist. When I go out for events, I like to have at least one statement piece. It always adds glamour.
~ Nargis Fakhri
For a modern look, hang curtains from the ceiling with a very simple pleat at the top so they will hang straight.
~ Hilary Farr
'Perfect Sense' is a film about love and catastrophe, which I hope is a powerfully romantic and emotional take on the apocalyptic sub-genre. Its aim is to be a minimalist concept movie - where seismic events occur in simple ways that ask the audience to use their imagination.
~ David MacKenzie
I was originally a minimalist, so that's my foundation.
~ Joe Hisaishi
True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed.
~ Jose Bergamin
I'm vegan, Buddhist, minimalist, an actor. I'm very friendly, though. If I wasn't I think it would be easier to be, like, 'You're a bit of a knob.'
~ Claudia Jessie
The stoic drama 'A Somewhat Gentle Man' is photographed in a palate of steel gray tones that match Stellan Skarsgard's complexion. It's a low-blood-pressure version of the kind of thing James M. Cain used to do in his sleep, and its filmmaking accomplishment is as minimalist as its narrative ambition is minimal.
~ Elvis Mitchell
My favorite albums are really short.
~ Thomas Mars
I think the T-Shirt bra is really special for Victoria's Secret because it's that kind of simple bra that you wear under the t-shirt, so it doesn't have any lace or anything like that. So it's very smooth; it's very comfortable; it doesn't have a lot of padding in it.
~ Behati Prinsloo
Every man - and every woman, too - needs a white sneaker.
~ Tan France
Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.
~ Jacques Barzun