Helmut Lang Quotes

I remember once in junior high school, on a Friday, my mom came home from work and said to my brother and I, 'You know, between us, we have only 27 cents, but we have food in the refrigerator, we have our little garden out back, and we're happy, so we are rich.'

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.

If we were poor, we didn't know it 'cause I guess you don't miss what you never had. So, you know, we made do with whatever. We used to make our own toys, and we used to play with spinning tops and marbles. A pocket full of marbles, and you were rich - you didn't worry about no money.

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

I'm happy without money.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

The American dream is a crock. Stop wanting everything. Everyone should wear jeans and have three T-shirts, eat rice and beans.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

I live a pretty simple life.

I really don't require a whole lot in life.

Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.

My material life is simple.

All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life.

You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free.

I'm just a regular person who believes life is simple, and I like a simple life.

He who knows how to be poor knows everything.

I love the idea of living a life that is completely humble and quiet.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.

I don't live for stuff and things, and if I had to live in a cardboard box, I would put curtains on it.

What would I do with money? I have enough for my needs. I don't want any more. If I had a lot, I would have to care for it, worry about it.

I started out with nothing. I still have most of it.

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.