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Minimalism Quotes

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

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

Sol LeWitt
Real, Ideas, Minimalism
"Sol LeWitt by Saul Ostrow". Interview with Saul Ostrow, bombmagazine.org. October 1, 2003.

Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it.

Josh Becker
Promotion, Minimalism, Removal
"Simplifying Life, Living More Fully". "Focus on the Family" with John Fuller, www.focusonthefamily.com. April 10, 2017.

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

La Monte Young
Mean, Definitions, Minimalism
"Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds". Book by David Toop, 1995.

Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.

Harrison Birtwistle
Reactions, Theory, Minimalism

It depends on what kind of minimalism you're talking about, of course. I love both those artists - Brian Eno and William Basinski. I would say my minimalism references are early American minimalists from the 70s.

Tim Hecker
Artist, Kind, Minimalism
Source: therumpus.net

Life's too short for minimalism.

Sophie Kinsella
Too Short, Minimalism, Life's Too Short
Sophie Kinsella (2009). “The Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopaholic: (Shopaholic Book 1)”, p.190, Random House

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