"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupe
"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less." - Socrates
"Less is more." - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
"One can furnish a room very luxuriously by taking out furniture rather than putting it in." - Francis Jourdain
"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." - William Morris
"We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci
"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak." - Hans Hofmann
"We don't need to increase our goods nearly as much as we need to scale down our wants. Not wanting something is as good as possessing it." - Donald Horban
Hi Royall, How is the challenge going? You and Sarra are on the same page...she is always selling stuff or taking it to the Bargain Barn. I am kind of sort of, in a way, like you two because I am good at getting rid of unused things, but I am also a pretty darn good shopper and bring too much back in! Only things I really like though!
ReplyDeleteI've just started a couple projects since I got back. I managed to condense all of my teaching books, resources, unit plans, etc. into one rubbermaid container and I've sorted through and organized all of Matt and I's paperwork. Next I think I'll tackle the shoe & coat closet.
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