Traditional paintings have few figures in them and value negative space. Japanese calligraphy and brush paintings are in black and white. Haiku is the shortest poem form in the world. These are a few examples of a minimalistic aesthetic in Japanese art and culture. Fumio Sasaki Read Quote
I used to pretend to be an expert on various kinds of music, even if they didn’t really interest me. Fumio Sasaki Read Quote
Unhappiness isn’t just the result of genetics or past trauma or career trouble. I think that some of our unhappiness is simply due to the burden of all our things. Fumio Sasaki Read Quote
We think we can’t become a minimalist until our lives have settled down. But it’s actually the other way around; we won’t be able to settle down until we’re living a minimalist life. Fumio Sasaki Read Quote
You can’t help but fixate on something that you’re about to throw away because it’s right in front of you. Fumio Sasaki Read Quote
There are more things to gain from eliminating excess than you might imagine: time, space, freedom, and energy, for example. Fumio Sasaki Read Quote
I actually think that the more something is important to you, the more it’s OK to actually let it go. Fumio Sasaki Read Quote
I think that ‘minimalist’ is a useful label for other people to identify me, but from my standpoint, I doesn’t necessarily have an identity as that. Fumio Sasaki Read Quote
In my community of minimalists, there are really wealthy people who work at stock brokerage firms, there are people who are unemployed, but it doesn’t seem to matter. We’re all really good friends, and we get along really well. It’s a very varied and diverse community. Fumio Sasaki Read Quote
