Minimalism Quotes

I like the simplicity of soloing. You've got no gear, no partner. You never climb better than when you free-solo.

- Alex Honnold

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

- Alfred North Whitehead

Simplicity makes me happy.

- Alicia Keys

My ideals told me that men and women could both go out to work and be truly equal. My children told me something more complicated, something I really didn't want to hear. Their need for me was like the need for water or light: it had a devastating simplicity to it.

- Allison Pearson

Instagram has become one of my favorite platforms because of its simplicity.

- Amy Jo Martin

And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.

- Bernard Cornwell

As much as I loved the model of St. Francis, I realized that I couldn't afford to be poor, because unlike St. Francis, I'm not celibate. I was enlightened that God's call to me was not poverty but generosity and simplicity. And I had to go back to the lesson I learned from my parents: that is, simplicity.

- Bo Sanchez

I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.

- Bobby Brown

I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It's not super-poetic, it's just from the heart.

- Bruno Mars

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

- Charles Dudley Warner

Simplicity is a state of mind.

- Charles Wagner

Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.

- Christian Nestell Bovee

Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things.

- Constantin Brancusi

What's completely insane to me is that people would consider music that's simple to be dumbed-down. Couldn't simplicity be a deliberate, smart choice?

- Dan Deacon

Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down.

- Dave Grohl

I always go for simplicity.

- David Bailey

What is so brilliant about the gadgets is their simplicity.

- Desmond Llewelyn

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

- Douglas Horton

My shoes aren't minimalist, but they are about a new simplicity.

- Edgardo Osorio

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.

- Edsger Dijkstra

I love the optimistic American style that Gap celebrates and the simplicity of the basic white T-shirt that allows you to be yourself.

- Edward Enninful

A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.

- Eugene Delacroix

Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.

- Fanny Kemble

Comfort and simplicity are two keys that I follow when it comes to fashion.

- Fawad Khan

And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.

- Feist

I don't have much time for shopping so I pick things up when I can. My favorite labels are APC, Isabel Marant and Agnes B because the clothes are cut small and have a simplicity to them.

- Felicity Jones

Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.

- Felix Adler

I have much to learn from my daughter Sofia. Her minimalism exposes my limitations: I'm too instinctive and operatic, I put too much heart into my work, I get lost sometimes in bizarre things - it's my Italian heritage.

- Francis Ford Coppola

I like simplicity; I don't need luxury.

- Francis Ford Coppola

Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.

- Francis of Assisi

I'm learning simplicity and how to wear my body. I'm enjoying life and trying to be the best me.

- Gelila Bekele

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

- George Sand

When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen.

- Ginni Rometty

I'm a big fan of simplicity, especially with songs and I try not to make them complicated. I just make them simple and let people absorb that message themselves. That's my theory.

- Graham Russell

My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.

- Hank Stram

Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.

- Harrison Birtwistle

I really like Calvin Klein for his classic simplicity. I also think Prabal Gurung designs some great pieces that work well for me. My mom has such great style; she's my biggest influence.

- Isabelle Fuhrman

As for minimalism, I don't care, don't care, don't care to repeat myself, repeat myself.

- Itzhak Perlman

I just like simplicity. I like simple songs, I like simple chords, simple vocals, simple lead guitar. I just like simplicity. That's just the way I like it.

- Jeremy Spencer

I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.

- Jil Sander

'You Are So Beautiful,' I think, is probably the, you know, the strongest tune I ever did in just the simplicity in it.

- Joe Cocker

I did take some value out of looking at the extreme simplicity of implementation that the tight resource limits required. I do feel that modern games are often abstracted a lot more than is really necessary, and it leads to robustness issues.

- John Carmack

Real art is basic emotion. If a scene is handled with simplicity - and I don't mean simple - it'll be good, and the public will know it.

- John Wayne

There's something really appealing about the simplicity of black-and-white images.

- Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I actually believe in simplicity as a way of life. My wife and I are considering moving into a yurt!

- Joseph Monninger

I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.

- La Monte Young

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

- Lao Tzu

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

- Leonardo da Vinci

Simplicity in preparation is the Italian way. Make easy dishes, and then you can elaborate the final preparation by decorating with vegetables or herbs or adding a dash of olive oil.

- Lidia Bastianich

Any consideration of the story we call 'Cinderella' for simplicity's sake must acknowledge that 'Cinderella' has had a dizzying array of personae over hundreds of years, in several cultures. There is no one authoritative tale of 'Cinderella,' only a hall of mirrors with a different face in each reflection.

- Marie Rutkoski

I've always liked simplicity.

- Marissa Mayer

Simplicity can have a negative impact when it's the crude reduction of nuances beyond appreciation: a Matisse presented as a 16-color GIF.

- Matt Mullenweg

Post-minimalism implies music that's genre-less. Minimalism was very important because it came at a time when contemporary music had become so complex, so experimental and detached that people turned away from it. Minimalism broke that trend and brought music back to the people.

- Maya Beiser

Simplicity just isn't a word synonymous with taxes.

- Mike Crapo

When you're dressing on a budget, simplicity is key.

- Ne-Yo

We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.

- Paulo Coelho

When the faith is strong enough, it is sufficient just to be. It's a journey towards simplicity, towards quietness, towards a kind of joy that is not in time. It's a journey that has taken us from primary identification with our body and our psyche, on to an identification with God, and ultimately beyond identification.

- Ram Dass

Simplicity is the key.

- Ritchie Blackmore

As much as we all talk about the future and how so many things are merging, there is a simplicity that is crucial.

- Ryan Seacrest

Minimalism wasn't a real idea - it ended before it started.

- Sol LeWitt

I felt that 'English Vinglish' was tailor-made for me since I found my character Shashi so relatable. Her simplicity and sensitivity attracted me towards the role.

- Sridevi

I was so aware of the stage clothes versus the everyday-life clothes, and the extremeness of the stage clothes that my parents had designed. Even coming across my dad's old Beatles suits from Savile Row and the history attached to them - the masculinity and simplicity compared to the '70s glitz and glamour of Wings.

- Stella McCartney

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

- Steve Jobs

I think 'Tron' is a good example of minimalism.

- Thomas Bangalter

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

- Thor Heyerdahl

I think some people would love to be able to make the clothes I make - and of course, I do influence them, but they keep simplifying, and minimalism doesn't quite work.

- Vivienne Westwood

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

- Walt Whitman

What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.

- William Albert Allard

I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

- Yves Saint Laurent

The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.

- Ze Frank

I love simplicity.

- Zendaya