Andy Mineo Quotes

The older you get the simpler you want to make it.

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.

In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.

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

I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. 'Less is more' remains my mantra.

I've been a minimalist my whole life, even if you wouldn't know it from my office.

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

In my humble opinion, having tons of products and furniture and magazines and clothes is not luxurious - living minimally is.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

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.

Less is more.

Once you learn to choose your belongings properly, you will be left with only the amount that fits perfectly in the space you own.

Minimalism wasn't a real idea - it ended before it started.

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 live by Edith Wharton's rule to get rid of anything neither useful nor beautiful. So I put the TV out on the street.

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

I am not that attached to material things. And the good thing is I can make choices. I have very few possessions. Luckily, as a man you don't need much... a few papers, a couple of books, and a few shirts, jackets, sweaters. It fits in a little thing, in a paper bag, so it's very easy.

Well, I'm a light traveller. I chuck things away.

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

Most people in business and within their personal lives move towards complexity. More To Dos. More projects. More products. More meetings. More possessions. More goals. The best - I suggest to you - move in the opposite direction.

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

My philosophy is generally to keep things as simple as possible.

I always think less is more.

I was originally a minimalist, so that's my foundation.

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