“Hygge is a phenomenon that reflects our way of inhabiting the world. The routines that shape our days locate us - from… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“The flip side of an experience of enjoyment is the certainty that it won't last forever, Today's moment of hygge will be… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“...the problem is this: how do you measure wellbeing, happiness, tactility, trust, freedom, friendship, awareness, beauty, love, memory and so on? -Ilsa… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge is evoked in situations where there is nothing to accomplish but letting go to the present moment in a way that's… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“The secret to hygge lies in paying attention to the rhythm of our daily lives, the people we choose to spend time… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Considering family togetherness seems promising for understanding hygge in its most basic form. When we refer to hygge, we are using the… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge relates to social awareness, ways of communicating and ways of thinking about others. When we hygger, we acknowledge each other's traits… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“To hygge is to create a harmonious atmosphere, a feeling of warmth, a mood of contentment. Hygge is freely used to describe… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“In paying attention to our wellbeing, we address the needs of our environment - the society that we live in and our… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“It makes sense that the everyday experience and practice of something like hygge would not be reserved only for Scandinavians, but shared… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge gives us a framework to support our very human needs, desires and habits. To learn to hygge is to take practical… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“The way that we hygger and offer reassurance is unique to each of us according to the things to which we attach… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves - such an ethical basis I call more proper for… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“The word hygge has been sifted to the surface in recent years but the concept is not new. It is a practice… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“A rich social life (measured by quality of experience rather than quantity of friends) contributes to good health, happiness and longevity. So… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“...to create a sense of belonging takes dedicated time and space to listen and to care for each other, whether we are… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge is part of the language of human action and interaction all over the world. To hygge is a universal impetus revealed… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Home should be a warm, liveable place that is alive, a place to please the eye and soothe the senses in scale,… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Memory is an imaginal constellation of past and present that generates a new experience. Memory is not the storing of the past,… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge happens when we commit to the pleasure of the present moment in its simplicity. It's there in the things we do that give… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“The structure of life I have described in buildings - the structure which I believe to be objective - is deeply and inextricably connected… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“real wealth is not what we can accumulate but what we have to share.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“Just living isn't enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." -Hans Christian Anderson” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“Elite culture was deplored as shallow by the growing middle classes, who placed emphasis on family and intimacy. Denmark’s history, its egalitarianism, liberalism, and… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“Inside each of us are memories, fantasies and desires for home - a shelter waiting to be built, a place of peace to be… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“It makes sense that the everyday experience and practice of something like hygge would not be reserved only for Scandinavians, but shared with other… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“It must be emphasized that hygge entails commitment to the present moment and a readiness to set distractions aside.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“There is a simple fidelity to the moment that we experience through hygge. ...we adjust our surroundings to guide our energy and desire. Hygge… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“Material goods rarely alter our levels of happiness, unlike emotional experience. Having can never replace being. -Ilsa Crawford” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. -Annie Dillard” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“To hold on to hygge, we learn to listen and to speak up. We hone the art of conversation and attempt to master an… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“To hygge is to create a harmonious atmosphere, a feeling of warmth, a mood of contentment. Hygge is freely used to describe rooms, buildings,… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“Hygge stems from a society that is focused on people rather than things. It is linked to the language of love and to the… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
“Using the context and stuff of our daily lives to create an atmosphere of comfort prepares the ground for moments of unexpected intimacy and… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share
