Clutter Quotes

I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just the absence of clutter and ornamentation. It's about bringing order to complexity. (Jonathan Ive)
Why do people do yoga? To clear their minds? I embrace the clutter in my head. View quote
Chris Rock
In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find - and I hear from other people that they agree - that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness. View quote
Gretchen Rubin
Digital imaging allows both groups to rise above the limitations of mess and clutter and mechanics, and apply our talents to creating images limited only by our imaginations. View quote
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, that's a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product. The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That's not simple. View quote
Jonathan Ive
What I can't understand is why you can't see the extraordinary beauty of the idea that life started from nothing – that is such a staggering, elegant, beautiful thing, why would you want to clutter it up with something so messy as a God?”. View quote
Richard Dawkins
With the courage which only comes of justified self-confidence, he dared to rest his case upon its strongest point, and so avoided that appearance of weakness and uncertainty which comes of a clutter of arguments. Few lawyers are willing to do this it is the mark of the most distinguished talent. View quote
Learned Hand
If you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too. View quote
Suze Orman
Being clear of clutter is one of the greatest aids I know to discovering and manifesting the life you want. View quote
Karen Kingston
If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in some fashion being more than just one more object to the mounting clutter, this is the specific point, I think, where this must be assured. View quote
Brian Ferneyhough
I wish I had a talent for dropping things as well as taking on new ones. It gets to be quite a clutter after a while. (Joshua Lederberg)
My friends tease me because I don't like clutter. I'm not someone who gets attached to things. View quote
Leslie Bibb
Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living. View quote
Upamanyu Chatterjee
We will not achieve the understanding we need, however, unless we are willing to think clearly about our problems and to follow those thoughts wherever they lead. Some people say that our economic problems are structural, with no quick cure available; but I believe that the only important structural obstacles to world prosperity are the obsolete doctrines that clutter the minds of men. View quote
Paul Krugman
I believe that the only important structural obstacles to world prosperity are the obsolete doctrines that clutter the minds of men. View quote
Paul Krugman
I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter. View quote
Freddie Mercury
I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do. View quote
Christopher Reeve
Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals. View quote
Donald Rumsfeld
Attention rather than information becomes the scarce resource, and those who can distinguish valuable information from the background clutter gain power. View quote
Joseph Nye
Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along. This applies to play as well as work. A day merely survived is no cause for celebration. You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine. No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now Not tomorrow. View quote
Og Mandino
Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived. (Anne Lamott)
When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and 'good, orderly direction' to enter. View quote
Julia Cameron
Clutter is death; it leads to thrashing. Keep desk clear: focus on one thing at a time. View quote
Randy Pausch
The hordes of words that fill our books proclaim our ignorance, reveal the obscurities that flood our knowledge. If we were perfectly enlightened, our moral books would contain only maxims and our books on physics and spirituality would contain only axioms and facts. Everything else is clutter and shows no more than our gropings, our efforts, and our difficulties. View quote
Joseph Joubert
There are tons of things in your home and life that you don't use, need, or even particularly want. They just came into your life as impulsive flotsam and jetsam and never found a good exit. Whether you're aware of it or not, this clutter creates indecision and distractions, consuming attention and making unfettered happiness a real chore. It is impossible to realize how distracting all the crap is - whether porcelain dolls, sports cars, or ragged T-shirts - until you get rid of it. View quote
Timothy Ferriss