Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

If you want to get rid of stuff, you can always do a good spring-cleaning. Or you can do what I do. Move.

I live a very simple life.

Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.

I'm always so surprised when people fill their homes up with stuff.

More is not better. Better is better. You don't need a bigger house; you need a different floor plan. You don't need more stuff; you need stuff you'll actually use.

I have a few toys. But I live very simply.

I love cunning containers as much as anyone, but I've found that if I get rid of everything I don't need, I often don't need a container at all.

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

I am good at down grading - I have found I can live the same lifestyle in a two-bedroom apartment as in a five-bedroom house.

I've moved about 10 times over the past 15 years. I don't move for the sole purpose of getting rid of stuff. I'm not crazy. I also move so that I never have to wash any windows.

The older I get, the less I need. I wear the same jean shorts for the whole week. I'm not running to the store to get the latest bag.

I really like the idea of being utilitarian. My dream is to edit down my wardrobe and be very Japanese, where you have one rolling rack and it's like your four T-shirts, your five dresses, your two pairs of jeans.

There's a moment in one's life when you should really be de-accessorizing instead of making more collections.

I had a little house, and I sold that and moved into a condo, then sold the condo... I kept downsizing and downsizing.

I don't know what happened, but I lost the desire to acquire more things. It's very peaceful to have lost that desire.

I like getting rid of things. I really do.

When I moved to L.A., I had nothing but a computer, a lighting set, and a suitcase.

As time passes, we like to simplify our lives.

There's no great desire to own lots of stuff - and I don't. You can only live in one house and drive one car.

I really would move to L.A. I'm thinking so hard about it. Like, I wanna move to L.A., but I'm such a New York City girl - the fast life, the runways on the street - but I love L.A.'s vibe, so I would move here, but I'm still thinking about it!

I'm a minimalist kind of person: only one pair of boots, one pair of pants, and if I could, only one shirt.

Throwing things out is one of the most difficult and important things you ever have to do.

I'm gradually getting rid of all the things I don't need.

We don't need an abundance of things.

I don't hoard things and I don't cling to memories.