Minimalism is a way of making art, design, music, or even a room with only a few simple pieces.

Minimalism極簡主義 is是 with only a few simple pieces只用幾樣簡單的東西，就 a way of making art, design, music, or even a room能做出藝術、設計、音樂、甚至房間佈置的方式

A painting might be a white canvas and one black line. A concert piece might repeat one small pattern. A flat might have a table, two chairs, and almost nothing else on the walls.

A painting一幅畫 might be可能只是 a white canvas and one black line一塊白色畫布加一條黑線 A concert piece一首演奏曲 might repeat可能反覆 one small pattern一個小小的模式 A flat一間公寓 might have可能只有 a table, two chairs一張桌子、兩把椅子 and almost nothing else on the walls牆上幾乎什麼都沒有

The feeling people want is clean, calm, and strong: when you take nearly everything away, what is left can speak more loudly.

The feeling people want人們想要的感覺 is是 clean, calm, and strong乾淨、平靜又強烈：when you take nearly everything away當你幾乎把所有東西都拿走 what is left剩下的東西 can speak more loudly反而能說得更大聲

In museums and design talk it is the name of a real style, especially from the later 1900s.

In museums and design talk在博物館和設計的談話裡 it is它是 the name of a real style一個真正風格的名稱 especially from the later 1900s尤其是1900年代後期的那種

Though actually everyday speakers now stretch it a lot. Someone who owns few clothes or keeps a tidy desk may say they “believe in minimalism,” which is more a lifestyle slogan than the art movement. That looser use is very common, and not wrong in casual talk, but a teacher of painting still means the strict, spare style.

Though actually不過其實 everyday speakers一般人講話 now現在 stretch it a lot把這個詞用得寬鬆很多 Someone who owns few clothes or keeps a tidy desk衣服很少或桌面整齊的人 may say可能會說 they "believe in minimalism,"自己「信奉極簡主義」 which is more a lifestyle slogan但這比較是一種生活風格的口號 than the art movement而不是那個藝術運動 That looser use這種比較寬鬆的用法 is very common很常見 and not wrong in casual talk在日常對話裡也沒有錯 but a teacher of painting但畫畫老師 still means講的還是 the strict, spare style那種嚴格、簡約的風格

It is a somewhat educated word — at home in galleries, architecture, and magazines more than in the playground.

It is這是 a somewhat educated word一個有點書卷氣的詞——at home in galleries, architecture, and magazines在畫廊、建築和雜誌裡 more than in the playground比在操場上更自在