Think 8 hours, work 2 hours. Mirko Ilic
Design means being good, not just looking good. Clement Mok
We adore chaos because we love to produce order. M. C. Escher
Simple is hard. Easy is harder. Invisible is hardest. Jean-Louis Gassée
Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject. Thomas Mann
Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information. Edward Tufte
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations. Paul Rand
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. Hans Hofmann
In order to be a good gatekeeper, you have to think of your house as sacred space, not storage space. Francine Jay (Miss Minimalist)
The problem: we put more value on our stuff than on our space. Francine Jay (Miss Minimalist)
I live lightly and gracefully, with only the objects I find functional or beautiful. Francine Jay (Miss Minimalist)
Rather than cluttering up your home, stealing your time, and draining your wallet, the stuff in your life should serve a purpose and make you happy. If that isn’t the case, then your stuff owns you. Tammy Strobel
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing, layout, processes, and procedures. Tom Peters
We must have order, allocating to each thing its proper place and giving to each thing is due according to its nature. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty. Bruce Lee
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. William Morris
One can furnish a room very luxuriously by taking out furniture rather than putting it in. Francis Jourdain
Design is the conscious effort to impose a meaningful order. Victor Papanek
I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply. bell hooks
Architecture has the power to create order out of unholy confusion. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Less is more. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Good design means as little design as possible. Dieter Rams
Simplicity, carried to an an extreme, becomes elegance. Jon Franklin
