Clutter Quotes

• The reason why clutter clearing is effective is that while you are putting your external world in order there are corresponding changes going on internally too.

  Karen Kingston

  Order, World, Reason Why

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• When you have cleared all of your clutter, you can be of greater service to those around you.

  Michael Kitson

  Simplicity, Greater

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• Clutter is not just physical stuff. It's old ideas, toxic relationships and bad habits. Clutter is anything that does not support your better self.

  Eleanor Brown

  Self, Ideas, Support

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• Clutter forces the brain to consume energy. Create uncluttered environments instead.

  Carmine Gallo

  Brain, Energy, Environment

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• Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Peace

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.480, Princeton University Press

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• Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

  Wendell Berry

  Fire, House, Relieved

  Wendell Berry (2012). “New Collected Poems”, p.148, Counterpoint Press

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• Out of clutter, find simplicity.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Work

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.480, Princeton University Press

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• Clutter in its highest and most organized form is called collecting.

  Ada Louise Huxtable

  Form, Collecting, Organized

  Ada Louise Huxtable (2010). “On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change”, p.439, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Clutter is stuck energy. The word "clutter" derives from the Middle English word "clotter," which means to coagulate - and that's about as stuck as you can get.

  Karen Kingston

  Mean, Energy, English Words

  Karen Kingston (2016). “Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui (Revised and Updated): Free Yourself from Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Clutter Forever”, p.11, Harmony

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• Affirm for yourself that you are a success. Affirm that you are successful in getting rid of your clutter. If you are having a hard time getting started, be grateful that you are such a successful clutterer. Who else could have amassed such a collection of stuff?

  Emmet Fox

  Grateful, Successful, Hard Times

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  The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Emotional, Mind

  Thomas Merton (2009). “Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander”, p.72, Image

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• Clutter is what happens to things when they become useless but friendly.

  Russell Lynes

  Friendly, Useless, Possession

  Russell Lynes (1991). “Life in the slow lane: observations on art, architecture, manners and other such spectator sports”, Harpercollins

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• 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.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Real, Night

  Og Mandino (2010). “A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By”, p.80, Bantam

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• If you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too.

  Suze Orman

  Debt, Cleaning, Problem

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• 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.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Unimportant Things, Routine

  Og Mandino (2010). “A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By”, p.80, Bantam

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• I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.

  Freddie Mercury

  Want, Exquisite, Victorian

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• Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

  William Morris

  Life, Happiness, Beauty

  Hopes and Fears for Art "The Beauty of Life" (1882)

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• 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!

  Og Mandino

  Life, Change, Real

  Og Mandino (2010). “A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By”, p.85, Bantam

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• 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.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Jobs, Best Job, Goal

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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• Here's the general theory: To clarify, add detail. Imagine that. To clarify, add detail. And clutter and overload are not an attribute of information, they are failures of design. If the information is in chaos, don't start throwing out information, instead fix the design.

  Edward Tufte

  Design, Details, Add

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• 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

  Wish, Talent, Dropping

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• 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.

  Buffy Sainte-Marie

  Creating, Imagination, Groups

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• The lines of Pearl Art Glass are clean, certainly not cluttered.

  James Lafferty

  Art, Glasses, Lines

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• There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument.

  Rita Coolidge

  Powerful, Keys, Voice

  Interview with Donna Kimura, www.jazzreview.com. January 29, 2011.

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• A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Home, Winning, Eight

  "Can't sell your home? Here are 9 tips that will help". www.today.com. December 15, 2010.

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