Minimalists Quotes

#1. The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimize themselves in favor of the ideal ... But I just can't. You see, my paintings are not cool.

Agnes Martin

#2. There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.

Pat Conroy

#3. If we were all minimalists instead of conspicuous consumers, there would be less demand on the world's resources and we'd have a smaller, less berserk economy. We'd be less likely to harm the only planet we'll ever have, and the super-rich would have fewer ways to exploit us.

Robert Wringham

#4. Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with.

Ann Beattie

#5. Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.

Maya Lin

#6. Hemingway's minimalism is based on the psychological mechanics of repression. An echo of his approach can be detected in a favorite trope of 1980s minimalists: a pattern of reference to dire secrets and hidden wounds these authors didn't realize they were supposed to have imagined.

Madison Smartt Bell

#7. Minimalists are people who only own what they really need on a regular basis.

Emile Joy

#8. When love is the trend, there is no room for violence and war.

Gabrielle Bernstein

#9. These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

Ang Lee

#10. Love people. Use things. The opposite never works.

The Minimalists

#11. If you wait for inspiration to write you're not a writer, you're a waiter.

Dan Poynter

#12. Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you, and some days you cannot even find the woods.

MariJo Moore

#13. Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything ... I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It's better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year?

Carrie Fisher

#14. Just try and live. Try and be happy. Or else, what's the fucking point?

Tillie Cole