Alex Steffen Quotes

We don't need an abundance of things.

You don't really need much. I try to live my life with that sort of minimalist mentality.

I live a very simple life.

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

I'm not into the money thing. You can only sleep in one bed at a time. You can only eat one meal at a time, or be in one car at a time. So I don't have to have millions of dollars to be happy. All I need are clothes on my back, a decent meal, and a little loving when I feel like it. That's the bottom line.

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

I've learned that you don't need a lot in life. If it can't fit into a suitcase, you don't really need it.

My material life is simple.

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

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

I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.

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 have always believed in 'less is more' in everything I do, from work to my personal life.

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 always think less is more.

When we think about the trends that millennials are taking toward simplicity, I think it's indicative of a cultural shift toward less of the 'more is more' for materialism sake and more of an emphasis on efficiency, value, and sustainability.

I'm not a 'more is better' guy.

I'm fine with just a simple life.

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with-that's poverty-but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you're clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it's clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)

But I don't want more things than I need, either.

A small room is enough; a small quantity of food is enough; a few clothes are enough; one lover, a very ordinary man

He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.

A little and good fills the trencher.

I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.

The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.