Minimal surfaces defined on the plane is the plane itself

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My problem is:

Let $S$ be a surface given by the graph of a smooth function defined on all points of $\mathbb{R}^2$. Prove that if $S$ is minimal, then $S$ is a plane.

Just by looking at the differential equation for the defining function dosend solve the problem. Can someone help me with this one?