Maximalism Quotes

“...thinking all this maximalism would somehow generate happiness?”
― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

“Of course one’s sense of identification with the nation is inflected by all kinds of particulars, including one’s class, race, gender, and sexual identification. … But [regarding] national character …, aside from references to a national aesthetic — literary, musical, and choreographic, there are two poles I reference: minimalist and maximalist. I love them both — the cryptic poems of Emily Dickinson folded up in tiny packets and hidden away in a box, the sparse, understated choreographies of Merce; but also the “trashy, profane and obscene” poems of Whitman and Ginsberg, [and] Martha Graham’s expressionism. I am, myself, a minimalist. But I love distortion guitar and the wild exhibitionism of so many American artists. Also, these divisions are false. Emily Dickinson, in fact, can be as trashy and obscene as the best of them! Anyway, Dickinson and Whitman are at the heart of this narrative. They are the Dancing Queen and the Guitar Hero.”
― Barbara Browning

“The 5 Principles of JOMO:

1. JOMO is the opposite of FOMO (the Fear Of Missing Out).

2. JOMO is intentionally choosing what to keep and what to give.

3. JOMO is choosing to ignore the Joneses (NOT just NOT keep up).

4. JOMO is framing the moment to keep the big picture dream in focus.

5. JOMO is the art of improved results with minimalism over maximalism.”
― Richie Norton

“I'm an innate maximalist.”
― David Mitchell

“absent pleasures are not bad”
― David Benatar, Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

“More isn’t just more. It’s a statement. It’s personality. It’s an electric jolt. Why blend in when you can burst onto the scene with something so unmistakable, so uniquely chaotic, that no one can ignore you?”
― Jay Sreekumar