“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations. -Oscar Wilde” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge involves comfort, cosiness, a sense of wellbeing, and a relaxed frame of mind. -Judith Friedman Hansen” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“It is in the shelter of each other that the people live. -Irish proverb” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Hygge Copy Share Image
“...how a familiar room slowly changes colour as morning arrives.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. [quoting William Morris]” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Daily life Copy Share Image
“If you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger. -Kahlil Gibran” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. -Emily Dickinson” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“It must be emphasized that hygge entails commitment to the present moment and a readiness to set distractions aside.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“An essential ingredient to hygge is the boundary that marks a place or delineates a moment - a fence, a circle of… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Boundary Copy Share Image
“Hygge stems from a society that is focused on people rather than things. It is linked to the language of love and… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“In our overstretched, complex lives, hygge is an uncomplicated daily practice that engages us, keeping us attuned to our surroundings and open… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“To curl up belongs to the phenomenology of the verb to inhabit, and only those who have learned to do so can… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Curl Copy Share Image
“Hygge relies on us finding a balance between self-containment and wholehearted participation, personal liberty and awareness of the needs of others. It… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“It must be emphasized that hygge entails commitment to the present moment and a readiness to set distractions aside. -Judith Friedman Hansen” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“We don't hygge to be content, we find contentment in hygge. Hygge is... about pleasure, presence and participation. It's... the understanding that… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Acceptance Copy Share Image
“In acceptance of the limitations that life imposes on us and in knowing that we can choose our attitude in any given… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge is our awareness of the scale of our existence in contrast to the immensity of life. It is our sense of… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“The Danes, considered to be among the happiest people in the world, have enjoyed hygge for hundreds of years. Denmark's high standard… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“For years, home has been idealised as a refuge from the world, somewhere predictable and unchanging. But home isn't just where we… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Attention Copy Share Image
“Hygge is a quality of presence and an experience of togetherness. It is a feeling of being warm, safe, comforted and sheltered.… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Abundance Copy Share Image
“In its aspect of comfort, hygge involves a sense of wellbeing which encourages relaxation and peacefulness. It excludes by definition a distracted… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“To hold on to hygge, we learn to listen and to speak up. We hone the art of conversation and attempt to… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Art Copy Share Image
“There is a simple fidelity to the moment that we experience through hygge. ...we adjust our surroundings to guide our energy and… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Experiencing a sense of presence and belonging is challenging when we're stressed or distracted. Hygge isn't the complete absence of the usual… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Belonging Copy Share Image
“Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused. -Proverb” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“He didn't remember, he didn't worry, he just was. -Tove Jansson” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Hygge Copy Share Image
“All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. -Friedrich Nietzsche” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Comfort Copy Share Image
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. -William Morris” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Beauty Copy Share Image
“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. -William Morris.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Comfort Copy Share Image
“O for a life of Sensations rather than of Thoughts. -John Keats” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Comfort Copy Share Image
“I see the task of architecture as the defence of the authenticity of human experience. -Juhani Pallasmaa” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Architecture Copy Share Image
“real wealth is not what we can accumulate but what we have to share.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Money Copy Share Image
“In our deeds we can structure our lives so that the simple things that we do everyday, from bathing to cooking, have… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“In quieting our ambition on occasion to concentrate on empathy and friendship we are still investing in ourselves and we diminish the… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Ambition Copy Share Image
“Every repast can have soul and can be enchanting; it asks for only a small degree of mindfulness and a habit of… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Care Copy Share Image
“The things of this world are vessels, entrances for stories; when we touch them or tumble into them, we fall into their… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Hygge Copy Share Image
“Spontaneity and immediacy characterize hygge, as does a willingness to accept our differences and enjoy an atmosphere of tolerance and peace.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge is thought to be lost when we indulge in luxury consumption or when we thirst to be noticed, no matter how… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge is about having less, enjoying more; the pleasure of simply being. It is generous and celebratory, a way to remember the… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Being Copy Share Image
“Just living isn't enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." -Hans Christian Anderson” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Butterfly Copy Share Image
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