Minimalist Quotes

“The minimalist life. Pleasure in an egg.”

— Margaret Atwood

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens.

— Peace Pilgrim

Glamour is back, but with a minimalist touch.

— Gianni Versace

I think Calvin [Klein] is a minimalist.

— Donna Karan

I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

— Bob Newhart

For my wedding, I wanted a minimalist look.

— Sameera Reddy

“Fill everything, but own nothing. We are vessels, not containers”

— Anonymous

“Minimalism is the new extra mile.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I love a strong brow and ChapStick with glowing skin and messy hair. I'm a minimalist at heart.

— Ariana Madix

I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.

— Kathy Reichs

“My clearing has allowed me to rediscover things I stopped seeing and put them into a place of prominence.”

— Lisa J. Shultz

“A minimalist does not charge you for what he did. He charges you for what he did not do.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Clutter may rob us of the life we imagined or prevent us from creating a new vision for our future.”

— Lisa J. Shultz

“It’s one thing to have all that you need. It’s another thing to recognize that you have all you need.”

— Toyin Omofoye

I'm a minimalist. I see things in simple ways...It's human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it's not.

— Gordon Willis

“In a world dominated by extroverts and exhibitionism, the quiet ones make the loudest impact with their silence – it's their superpower”

— Brahmanand Savanth

In general I don't like definitions, but 'Minimalist' is a term that means elegance and openness, so I would prefer to be…

— Ludovico Einaudi

“Decluttering and downsizing before I am forced to do so also means my kids will have less work and stress when I…

— Lisa J. Shultz

I'm quite a physical person and I gesticulate a lot, which can be a problem when you're in Hollywood and they do…

— Gemma Arterton

To be able to impress, you have to get to this middle ground where you're not too advanced so it goes over…

— DJ Quik

I knew I could never be accepted as a straight-ahead jazz musician, nor would Iaccept myself as that. I would never be…

— Anthony Davis

“We think we can't become a minimalist until our lives have settled down. But it's actually the other way around; we won't…

— Fumio Sasaki

As for futuristic costumes, I loved doing 'Gattaca' because I'm a minimalist at heart, and it's a very minimal film. Plus, with…

— Colleen Atwood

Kingsley Amis was a lenient father. His paternal style, in the early years, can best be described as amiably minimalist - in…

— Martin Amis

The seven white notes on the piano - each section of the piece (there are 12 sections) is five of those seven…

— Brian Eno

Gertrude Stein, all courage and will, is a soldier of minimalism. Her work, unlike the resonating silences in the art of Samuel…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

The concept of minimalism is to relax. Like a Zen monk in training, it is something that brings equilibrium to the heart.…

— Takashi Murakami

Beautiful and minimalist, the traditional Japanese art of ikebana - arranging bouquets of cut flowers and leaves using very few elements -…

— Jean-Claude Ellena

Any time someone doesn't like one on the first run, I hope they will give it another shot. At least we'll get…

— Wes Anderson

If I have ideas, I want to put them in the movie. It's not a minimalist approach at all but I feel…

— Wes Anderson

I always have separated myself from my critiques of collections. My judgment is not about whether I would wear it - but…

— Suzy Menkes

I'm a minimalist in a rapper's body.

— Kanye West

I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.

— John Cale

Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic.

— Francisco Costa

I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.

— The Edge

I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare essentials.

— Jean Reno

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

— Richard Eyre

“Don’t look at the person who has it all. Look to the person who doesn’t need it all.”

— Toyin Omofoye

I really do think of them as post-minimalist sculptures, inspired in large part by some very early spacecraft that NASA built.

— Trevor Paglen

It's meant to reaffirm the validity of that music - clean, minimalist, honest, classic music.

— Dwight Yoakam