Nicolas Berggruen Quotes

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.

I've been able to see the world many times over. The thing I've learned is less is more. I travel as light as possible. I try to carry on.

I have a few toys. But I live very simply.

The less I have, the freer I am to do whatever I want to do.

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

The older I get, the more I desire simplicity.

The thing I've learned is less is more. I travel as light as possible.

Even the elephant carries but a small trunk on his journeys. The perfection of traveling is to travel without baggage.

The less I needed, the better I felt.

One learns first of all in beach living the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much.

I am learning that a man can live profoundly without masses of things.

I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare essentials.

I don't throw lavish parties or nothing like that - I just want a bed and a TV.

There were a lot of negatives, of course, but there were positives to living a life unfettered by possessions. It gave us the chance to focus on education, which was very important in the Soviet Union.

Far better to be the simplest pedestrian, with knapsack on back, stick in hand, and gun on shoulder, than an Indian prince travelling with all the ceremonial which his rank requires.

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.

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

Be satisfied with needs instead of wants.

I drive one car. I own one house. That's enough for me.

I don't know what happened, but I lost the desire to acquire more things. It's very peaceful to have lost that desire.

I'm pretty low-key. I travel fairly light, especially on the tour.

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

We shall have to practise to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed.

I'm big on simplicity. I'm not too much on all the extra instruments.

I travel very light. I never want to check a bag. My only standards are a few sets of clothes, my white sneakers, my blue backpack, and my laptop. I don't have any special things otherwise.