Yvon Chouinard Quotes

Buy less, choose well, make it last. Quality rather than quantity: That is true sustainability. If people only bought beautiful things rather than rubbish, we wouldn't have climate change!

It's better to have fewer things of quality than too much expendable junk.

I don't have many possessions, apart from my books.

I actually live very, very simply.

What I'm always trying to say to the consumer is: buy less, choose well, make it last.

You don't really need much. I try to live my life with that sort of minimalist mentality.

In my humble opinion, having tons of products and furniture and magazines and clothes is not luxurious - living minimally is.

I feel like everyone should buy less but buy better.

Buy less, choose well: that's the maxim. Quality not quantity. That's the most environmentally friendly thing you can do.

A voluntary simplification of life-styles is not beyond our abilities, but it is probably outside our desires.

I don't buy much. Almost buy nothing. I buy what I need, do it the easiest way possible.

Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with.

I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.

I'm barely at home enough to enjoy the simple lifestyle that I want to live.

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

I'm trying to practice owning less stuff.

I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957.

I'm pretty conservative. I believe that buying good quality is a good investment. I buy fewer things but of better quality.

More is not better. Better is better. You don't need a bigger house; you need a different floor plan. You don't need more stuff; you need stuff you'll actually use.

I live a very simple life.

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

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

A lot of stuff I wear I've had since high school.

When I buy something, I do so with the intention of keeping it forever.

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