Simplicity & Minimalism Quotes

My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.

Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.

Form follows beauty.

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

To me, the fashion and architecture I like are very closely linked. Both should be clean and simple and without embellishment.

Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.

There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.

The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.

Less is only more where more is no good.

Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

Many of the familiar little things that we use every day have typically evolved over a period of time to a state of familiarity. They balance form and function, elegance and economy, success and failure in ways that are not only acceptable, but also admirable.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

To me, design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort - so you can get on with the things that matter.

A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations.

An all-white space has a purity that is refreshing and serene.

Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves.

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

I feel like my style's always been influenced by 'less is more.' The coolest styles are kind of simple and classic, like a white T-shirt and jeans. Maybe you have a cool belt and cool shoes, but everything else you keep simple.

When you buy things that are expensive, like a sofa or something that really feels like an investment, you need to keep it as plain as possible, as simple as possible. Make sure that it's a clean design that will work with whatever style you want it to.

For much of its existence, design was all about convenience. We wanted to hide technology so that users are not distracted into thinking about the tools they use.

There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea.

The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods.

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

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.

Less is more.

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.

The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Modernism, rebelling against the ornament of the 19th century, limited the vocabulary of the designer. Modernism emphasized straight lines, eliminating the expressive S curve. This made it harder to communicate emotions through design.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.

Happiness is very simple and minimal.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.