#minimal

There was a big drive when I was at art school to make you aware of the economy of meaning - after all, this was still during the tail end of minimalism. Being responsible for everything you put in your picture, and being able to defend it. Keeping everything clear around you so you know what is operating. To open the wound and keep it clean. ↗

— Jane Campion

#after #around #art #art school #aware

I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance to human beings is ancient. ↗

— Mo Yan

#am #ancient #aware #beings #crises

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

— La Monte Young

#definition #i #means #minimalism #minimum

I've found that the less stuff I own, the less my stuff owns me. ↗

— Nathan W. Morris

#freedom #minimalism #peace #freedom

I think there are a lot of honest people doing honest business on online auctions. But the control on these Web sites is pretty minimal. ↗

— Dan Butler

#business #control #doing #honest #honest people

It's meant to reaffirm the validity of that music - clean, minimalist, honest, classic music. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#clean #honest #meant #minimalist #music

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#development #i #into #keep #minimal

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

— Sol LeWitt

#ended #idea #minimalism #real #real idea

I would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy. Just because you're from the minimalist school, it doesn't mean you can't go big. ↗

— Aidan Quinn

#because #big #energy #farce #go

Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or to assign the time limits to a movement of population. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#assign #comparison #cultural #dates #different