We may recall the 1999 film “Fight Club”. This film, in my opinion, and to my knowledge, is the only film representation of the values of a Minimalist lifestyle (that is not a documentary of course). The main character (Tyler Durden) had many wise quotes from the film. These are:
“It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you’re free to do anything.”
“Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.”
“The liberator who destroys my property is fighting to save my spirit. The teacher who clears all possessions from my path will set me free.”
“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history. No purpose or place. We have no Great War, No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars, but we won’t. We’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.”
“That world had failed them, because it told them material things were all they’d ever need. It had laid out a life for them instead of letting them choose one for themselves.”
“You are not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis.”
“The things you own end up owning you.”
“We’re consumers. We are the byproducts of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don’t concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy’s name on my underwear. Rogaine, Viagra, Olestra.”