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title: "11 Tiny houses Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of Courage-to move in the opposite direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/it-takes-a-touch-of-genius-and-a-lot-of-courage-to-move-in-the/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/albert-einstein-33_acts-of-courage_it-takes-a-touch-of-genius-and-a-lot-of_2238538.jpg)

> [Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind, large ones weaken it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/small-rooms-or-dwellings-discipline-the-mind-large-ones-weaken-it/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/leonardo-da-vinci-330_discipline_small-rooms-or-dwellings-discipline-the_593240.jpg)

> [One can furnish a room very luxuriously by taking out furniture rather than putting it in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-jourdain/one-can-furnish-a-room-very-luxuriously-by-taking-out-furniture/)

[Francis Jourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-jourdain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/francis-jourdain-237926_furnish_one-can-furnish-a-room-very-luxuriously_2503536.jpg)

> [You know you've achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/you-know-you-ve-achieved-perfection-in-design-not-when-you-have/)

[Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/)

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> [The dining room is a building; the bathroom is a building. If we scatter this single-program architecture inside of a domestic environment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimenez-lai/the-dining-room-is-a-building-the-bathroom-is-a-building-if-we/)

[Jimenez Lai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimenez-lai/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/jimenez-lai-17092_architecture_the-dining-room-is-a-building-the-bathro_2432126.jpg)

> [The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elise-m-boulding/the-consumption-society-has-made-us-feel-that-happiness-lies-in/)

[Elise M. Boulding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elise-m-boulding/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/elise-m-boulding-34610_consumerism_the-consumption-society-has-made-us-feel_1816271.png)

> [“In the end, you are going to want to be surrounded by the people you love, doing the things you enjoy, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betterway-home/in-the-end-you-are-going-to-want-to-be-surrounded-by-the-people-you/)

[Betterway Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betterway-home/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fc/betterway-home-60345_home_in-the-end-you-are-going-to-want-to-be-s_2094940.jpg)

> [I don't know, it's dorky. Just like quotes and stuff. Something I want to see everyday or something I want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-vernon/i-don-t-know-it-s-dorky-just-like-quotes-and-stuff-something-i-want/)

[Justin Vernon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-vernon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/justin-vernon-4380_can-do_i-don-t-know-it-s-dorky-just-like-quotes_2281370.png)

> [I'm trying to figure out how to record at home because I have a tiny house and a seven-year-old and my wife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-berninger/i-m-trying-to-figure-out-how-to-record-at-home-because-i-have-a-tiny/)

[Matt Berninger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-berninger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/matt-berninger-10530_backyards_i-m-trying-to-figure-out-how-to-record-a_2443129.jpg)

> [“It’s a life many people can’t imagine, but many people also sit in their cubicles daydreaming of a life they cannot attain.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betterway-home/it-s-a-life-many-people-can-t-imagine-but-many-people-also-sit-in/)

[Betterway Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betterway-home/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/betterway-home-60345_daily-life_it-s-a-life-many-people-can-t-imagine-bu_1875541.jpg)

> [I grew up in St. Louis in a tiny house full of large music - Mahalia Jackson and Marian Anderson singing majestically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-shihab-nye/i-grew-up-in-st-louis-in-a-tiny-house-full-of-large-music-mahalia/)

[Naomi Shihab Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-shihab-nye/)

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