Minimalist is belonging or relating to a style in art, design, and theater that uses the smallest range of materials and colors possible, and only very simple shapes or forms. Inspirational minimalist quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.

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Most Famous Minimalist Quotes

Minimalism is about an intentional search for happiness. Melissa Camara Wilkins

Enough is a decision, not an amount. Alison Faulkner

To me, living in the present moment is true minimalism. Invajy

The average American spends 55 minutes a day looking for things they cannot find. Newsweek

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly. Bertrand Russell

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. Henry David Thoreau

Minimalism is all about living with things that actually give you value and letting go of the rest.  Invajy

Inexpensive is not a good reason to buy something, expensive is not a good reason to keep something. Peter Walsh

Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life. Katharine Fullerton Gerould

You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk. Louise Smith

Minimalism is a choice. Your life choices reflect your journey towards it. Invajy

Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece after all. Nathan Morris

Maybe a life without is better than a life with. Melissa Camara Wilkins

Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today. Will Rogers

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint exupery

The hurrier I go, the behinder I get. The White Rabbit

Minimalism isn’t about owning less than you need. It’s about owning exactly what you need. Joshua Becker

Minimalism is not the lack of something. It is simply the perfect amount of something. Najahyia Chinchilla

Minimalism is built around the idea that there’s nothing that you’re lacking. Fumio Sasaki

For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned. Benjamin Franklin

Minimalism means not trying to improve perfection. Bryant McGill

The more I threw away, the more I found. Don DeLillo

I’ve learned that minimalism is not about what you own, it’s about why you own it. Brian Gardner

More was never the answer. The answer, it turned out, was always less. Cait Flanders

The great thing about minimalism is that it is a choice. Melissa Camara Wilkins

Decluttering is my favorite form of self care. Melissa Russel

Gratitude shifts your mindset from the state of lacking to the state of abundance. Invajy

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly. Bertrand Russel

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. Edwin Way Teale

The more you own the more it owns you. Henry Rollins

Your life is so much more than what you own. Melissa Camara Wilkins

External clutter is internal clutter on display. Katy Wells

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. Seneca

Minimalism means not trying to improve perfection. Bryant McGill

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. Lao Tzu

Get rid of clutter and you may just find it was blocking the door you’ve been looking for. Katrina Mayer

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher

One can furnish a room very luxuriously by taking out furniture rather than putting it in. Francis Jourdain

To experience the magic of less, live a day as a minimalist and strive to only use things that serve a purpose. Invajy

People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them. Epictetus

If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things, then this is the best season of your life. Wu men

What is yours will find you. Imam Ali

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. Socrates

Just because something made you happy in the past doesn’t mean you have to keep it forever. Melva Green

I make myself rich by making my wants few. Henry David Thoreau

Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. Rabbi Hyman Schachtel

People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them. Epictetus

If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more? Roy T. Bennett

You simply can’t effectively focus on two important things at once. Gary Keller

The more you have, the more you are occupied. The less you have, the more free you are. Mother Teresa

Minimalism is the pursuit of the essence of things, not the appearance. Claudio Silverstrin

You buy stuff with your time, not just your money. Allie Casazza

Minimalism is asking why before you buy. Francine Jay

Too often people will overcomplicate the process of decluttering their belongings because it’s easier to create a complex organization system than to actually let things go. Mia Danielle

More was never the answer. The answer, it turned out, was always less. Cait Flanders

People sacrifice too much life to get more stuff. James Wallman

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants. Epictetus

Buy less, choose well, make it last. Vivienne Westwood

The more you own the more it owns you. Henry Rollins

Your home should be the antidote to stress, not the cause of it. Peter Walsh

My riches consist, not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants. Joesph Brotherton

We need much less than we think. Maya Angelou

Purposefully owning less begins to take us out of the unwinnable game of comparison. Joshua Becker

If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello. Paulo Coelho

Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. Rabbi Hyman Schachtel

Clutter is the enemy of clarity. Julia Cameron

Minimalism is the constant art of editing your life. Danny Dover

Focus on having the life you want, not wanting the life you had. Marissa Zen

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. Hosea Ballou

One can with but moderate possessions do what one ought. Aristotle

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. Isaac Newton

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves. Thich Nhat Hanh

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

It is not daily increase but daily decrease; hack away the unessential. Bruce Lee

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life. Winston Churchill

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

Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Dalai Lama

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. Leo Tolstoy

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. Lao Tzu

Simplicity is the glory of expression. Walt Whitman

Some things cost way more when we keep them. Neeraj Agnihotri

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

Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece after all. Nathan W. Morris

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci

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

Live simply so that others may simply live. Elizabeth Ann Seton

My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do. Francine Jay

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly. Bertrand Russell

The purposeful destruction of information is the essence of intelligent work. Ray Kurzweil

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. Dalai Lama

The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don’t. Joshua Becker

The more you have, the more you are occupied. The less you have, the freer you are. Mother Teresa

Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it. Joshua Becker

Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like. Will Rogers

I never said it was easy to find your place in this world, but I’m coming to the conclusion that if you seek to please others, you will forever be changing because you will never be yourself, only fragments of someone you could be. You need to belong to yourself, and let others belong to themselves too. You need to be free and detached from things and your surroundings. You need to build your home in your own simple existence, not in friends, lovers, your career or material belongings, because these are things you will lose one day. That’s the natural order of this world. This is called the practice of detachment. Charlotte Eriksson

The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life. Marie Kando

It’s not always that we need to do more but rather that we need to focus on less. Nathan W. Morris

In order to seek one’s own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life. Plato

You can kill people with sound. And if you can kill, then maybe there is also the sound that is opposite of killing. And the distance between these two points is very big. And you are free you can choose. In art everything is possible, but everything is not necessary. Arvo Pärt

Want to know how to make yourself instantly unhappy? Compare yourself with someone else. Fumio Sasaki

I’ve found that the less stuff I own, the less my stuff owns me. Nathan W. Morris

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little. Epicurus

Your home is living space, not storage space. Francine Jay

Be a curator of your life. Slowly cut things out until you’re left only with what you love, with what’s necessary, with what makes you happy. Leo Babauta

You sell off the kingdom piece by piece and trade it for a horse that will take you anywhere. Colin Wright

Fill your life with lots of experiences, not lots of things. Have incredible stories to tell, not incredible clutter in your closets. Marc and Angel

Prose is architecture and the Baroque age is over. Ernest Hemingway

One can furnish a room very luxuriously by taking out furniture rather than putting it in. Francis Jourdain

A well used minimum suffices for everything. Jules Verne

The simplest things are often the truest. Richard Bach

Some things cost way more when we keep them. Neeraj Agnihotri

Happiness lies in small small things of life. Small things and simple things make you happy. Invajy

So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian. Evelyn Waugh

Declutter your mind, your heart, your home. Let go of the heaviness that is weighing you down. Make your life simple, but significant. Maria Defillo

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous. Amelia Barr

Procrasdemon makes you waste your time on things that do not add value to your life. Neeraj Agnihotri

Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world. Oscar Wilde

I have an urge to strip my life down to the bare bones to get to the core of it. I get intense and angry, accumulating layers around my essential needs, covering up my passions. These layers cover up my marks and scars, wounds and weary heart and I want it to show because sometimes I feel my only purpose here is to say keep going, you’re doing just fine. And I’d like to be an example of no matter how dark and thick and hopeless it feels, for years maybe, things can and will change. If you want them to. If you’re determined to make them do so. Charlotte Eriksson

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius

I feel life today is too competitive to be enjoyable. Even if you don’t want it to be, life is one intense competition, and how well you fare in it will determine your happiness and success. Most people just want to look like a winner more than they want to be a winner. I detest the competitiveness that permeates the society and how everything revolves around establishing yourself as a unique individual and honing skills that you can advertise in the market place. Contrary to popular belief, competition is not always beneficial. It adds a lot of unwanted frustration and stress. It can be destructive to one’s self esteem. Competition makes us imitate our competitors and we lose our identity in the midst of it. Why does it matter how successful someone else is in comparison to me? To be honest, I don’t really care about being successful now. I just want the freedom to do anything I want without having to worry about social standards. Sai Pradeep

Remember, your memories are not stored in the object; the memories are in you. Joshua Becker

Here’s the thing I’ve learned through the uncomfortable process of saying goodbye to that monkey holding on doesn’t make their growing up any easier. It won’t slow down time or let us relive favorite moments. It simply keeps our arms too full to wholeheartedly embrace the season we’re entering. Rachelle Crawford

The more I threw away, the more I found. Don DeLillo

It is doubly foolish to underuse what you have overpaid for. Mokokoma Mokhonoana

When your room is clean and uncluttered you have no choice but to examine your inner state. Marie Kondo

More is better turns out to be a formula for dissatisfaction. If you live for having it all, what you have is never enough. Joe Dominguez Vicki Robin

There are two ways to be rich One is by acquiring much, and the other is by desiring little. Jackie French Koller

Design is like a magic trick, it’s all about creating the illusion of simplicity. Rahul Raman

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. William Morris

Some people slammed their doors, others didn’t, he told me in his acquired, patient tone. I had to deal with a lot of rejection in a way I never had before. Some days, I ate very little and walked slowly. It was a discipline I needed away from a world where I could have everything. Steven Keith Hunter

The more has no ending. But, the less has. Invajy

It is not money, fame, or power that creates positive emotional energy. It’s happiness, and happiness does not cost any money. Everyone needs to feel happy. Sukant Ratnakar

Desiring less is even more valuable than owning less. Joshua Becker

Every possession is an illusion because whatever comes in goes out one day. Sukant Ratnakar

My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do. Francine Jay

Any degree of waste is too much. Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We think we’re mastering multitasking, but we’re just driving ourselves banana. Gary Keller

The real test for poets is how far they resist their impulse to utterance, or, in another word, to the publication of their own work not how much they have written, but how much they have destroyed. To live poetry is the main thing, and the question of the poems written or published is indeed secondary. Yoné Noguchi

Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what you’re doing. Leo Babauta

Happiness is available globally in abundance and is affordable to all because it is hidden in tiny little things. Happy feelings constitute a human fuel that is needed for all of us to live a fulfilled life. Sukant Ratnakar

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone.  The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non essentials. Lin Yutang

When embarking on a new and unfamiliar path, some may choose to stop or be passive for long periods without taking action. The main reason behind unwanted delays is our feelings of anxiety about the amount of work and discipline needed to catch up on the lessons we’ve missed. We focus too much on the intimidating feeling we have when learning about alternative paths and in depth practices. Mental blocks lie mainly in resisting change or disturbing already established habits and dependencies. Youheum Son

Activity is often unrelated to productivity, and busyness rarely takes care of business. Gary Keller

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