#minimal

I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance to human beings is ancient. ↗

— Mo Yan

#am #ancient #aware #beings #crises

Minimal art went nowhere. ↗

— Sol LeWitt

#minimal #nowhere #went

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

— La Monte Young

#definition #i #means #minimalism #minimum

You can kill people with sound. And if you can kill, then maybe there is also the sound that is opposite of killing. And the distance between these two points is very big. And you are free--you can choose. In art everything is possible, but everything is not necessary. ↗

— Arvo Pärt

#music #art

I know that plans and reality may be two different things, but I think my demands on life are minimal. ↗

— Moshe Dayan

#different #different things #i #i think #know

The sight of the first woman in the minimal two-piece was as explosive as the detonation of the atomic bomb by the U.S. at Bikini Island in the Marshall Isles, hence the naming of the bikini. ↗

— Tom Waits

#atomic bomb #bikini #bomb #explosive #first

It's meant to reaffirm the validity of that music - clean, minimalist, honest, classic music. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#clean #honest #meant #minimalist #music

Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#down #i #importance #kurt #minimalism

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either. ↗

— William Hurt

#demand #either #i #minimal #paid

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#development #i #into #keep #minimal