Frugal Minimalist Gifts

'We're cheap, but we're not cheerful ...'

'It's rather unorthodox, but it appears the deposit refund on the empties will cover your first interest payment.'

"It was terrifying experience being faced with that kind of compulsive, insane behaviour...I tell you it's positively the last time I put foot in the sales!"

(Camel paintings)

"Too 'Book of Genesis'?"

"We needn't have a fancy home, just a place to rest when we no longer roam."

'We are entering an era of thrift, so in place of champagne and canapes, there will be a jumble sale.'

"Try picking up a girl after you've renounced everything."

"I was going to call it 'Empty Plinth', but then I settled on 'Winter's Smile'...I wanted to capture the 'nothingness' of an 'absence of anything'..."

"I'm on a tight budget. Make it look like I cut at myself."

'We don't know what it is but it was in the sale so we thought we'd better get one before they sold out.'

"Not to mention the park view."

"It keeps it out of sight when we're not watching it."

'At least I never have to straighten it out.'

Not much money, glory, or praise

Japanese woman in minimalist house reads 'How to Clutter Your Life'

'It makes conferences so much cheaper, no travel costs and we only need to buy our own drinks!'

"There's lots of things in my life I absolutely needed to put in, and now there's lots of things in my life I absolutely need to get out."

"They lead a simple life - they don't even put gas in their cars."

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'I received your list of the type of company car you'd like to receive. The Maserati, Ferrari, Porche and Viper isn't possible, but there is a 1978 Pinto with your name written all over it.'

'The difference between the sexes...First Contact...'

"Hoarder."

"It's called 'Sold'."

'Occam's famed tool of parsimony.'

Only a few things are really important, most things are not.

"Trying to unclutter my life by reducing busyness is taking up all my free time!"

'I'm getting rid of a lot of crap as move into the next phase of my life...'

'I love what you've not done with the place.'

"It's like a tiny house, but bigger."

"Let’s run through that scene again with just the table and the lamp."

"I don't pretend to be great. I merely know myself to be very, very good."