Twyla Tharp Quotes

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

I underwent a whole process of slowly letting go of idiosyncrasies and habits and embellishments and everything extraneous to the essentials that I'm unwilling to let go of. I never dreamed that I would be making black-and-white paintings with so little embellishment. But it's been liberating in many ways to let go of that and yet see what I did want to retain.

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

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

I live by Edith Wharton's rule to get rid of anything neither useful nor beautiful. So I put the TV out on the street.

What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.

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 always thought that less was a lot more.

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

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. 'Less is more' remains my mantra.

I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.

'Think simple' as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.

Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.

Deep and simple are far, far more important than shallow and complicated and fancy.

Most people in business and within their personal lives move towards complexity. More To Dos. More projects. More products. More meetings. More possessions. More goals. The best - I suggest to you - move in the opposite direction.

I believe in the simple things in life; everything derives from the beginning. You take things very simplistically and try to be the best person you can be.

As for minimalism, I don't care, don't care, don't care to repeat myself, repeat myself.

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

I always think less is more.

The older I get, the more I desire simplicity.

What I can't fit into my suitcase is probably something I don't need.

Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.

Often I forget that design is really about removing things: optimizing the flow of information, the display, so there are the fewest elements possible, but still they preserve the essence of the subject.

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with-that's poverty-but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you're clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it's clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)