Nate Berkus Quotes

I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.

I'm big on simplicity. I'm not too much on all the extra instruments.

I try not to bring in anything I don't love looking at. It's about restaint ... There is something about an unfinished quality that leaves within you that sense of possibility.

I think minimalism is something I just got attracted to just in general because I like the empty space, if you think about it, like there's a lot of empty space. So there are sounds there, there are chords, like coordinates, to sort of tell you where the emotion is going, but then it leaves so much room for the voice to do other things.

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.

I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.

My palate is simpler than it used to be. A young chef adds and adds and adds to the plate. As you get older, you start to take away.

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall.

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

My design is no design.

My design preference tends towards warmth, comfort, and minimalism.

I'm pretty bland. I'm not a big decorator.

Good design means as little design as possible.

Good design is as little design as possible. Less, but better - because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.

Less is more, in prose as in architecture.

Less is more.

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

I'm very classic and structural. I love clean lines and interesting, modern details. But I'm all about being streamlined - less is more.

I've always thought that less was a lot more.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.

The best artists know what to leave out.

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

Designing a game can be like a Japanese garden. It's not what you put in but how much you take away.

Simple goes a long way.

It's amazing to me how often the answer to making something sound better is to play something less.