Minimalist Quotes

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.

I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.

I never feel that my music is sparse or minimalist; the way fat people never really think they're fat. I certainly don't consider myself minimalist at all.

It looks like you can write a minimalist piece without much bleeding. And you can. But not a good one.

I would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy. Just because you're from the minimalist school, it doesn't mean you can't go big.

'The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was instrumental in bringing in Indian music. Paul McCartney was a huge Little Richard fan. John Lennon was into minimalist aggressive rock.

But that kind of falls in line; when you think about it, James Brown was a funk minimalist. All of those parts create a sum that's larger than than the individual parts.

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