Clutter Quotes - Page 2

• More important than learning how to recall things is finding ways to forget things that are cluttering the mind.

  Eric Butterworth

  Learning, Mind, Important

  Eric Butterworth (1984). “Celebrate Yourself!: And Other Inspirational Essays”, p.98, BookBaby

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• Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon.

  William Zinsser

  Writing, Jargon, Disease

  William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• What makes a home home? Animals, and a little bit of clutter.

  Chevy Chase

  Home, Animal, Littles

  "Chevy Chase: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. September 23, 2010.

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• There's one little room in my house which is filled with all my clutter and bits and pieces. My sewing machine is up there, and all my knitting stuff. Its a place where I can go to relax and unwind. I don't get to spend a lot of time up there, but at least I know its there.

  Julia Roberts

  Knitting, House, Relax

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• I've always been a bit of a decorator. I think if I wasn't a singer I'd probably be in stage setting or interior design or something. I like clutter and I'm quite visually greedy. I can't have things to be plain; I have to have things looking interesting maybe I'm just a frustrated interior designer stuck in a singing career.

  Florence Welch

  Thinking, Careers, Interesting

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• They've been very helpful. They allow voters to cut through the din and clutter of the $100-million smear campaign the unions have been waging against the governor, and they allow voters to hear directly from the people who are for change and from people who are against change.

  Todd Harris

  Cutting, People, Unions

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• Clutter is the disease of American writing.

  William Zinsser

  Writing, Jargon, Disease

  William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.5, Harper Collins

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• When hosting a party, move any clutter from the space where you're entertaining.

  Pippa Middleton

  Party, Moving, Space

  "Celebrate by Pippa Middleton - what insider tips does this celebrity sister have for us?" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2012.

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• I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.

  Dan Stevens

  Crazy, Ideas, Directors

  "STAGE TO SCREENS: Dan Stevens, From "Downton Abbey" Heir to Broadway's The Heiress". Interview with Brandon Voss, www.playbill.com. November 13, 2012.

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• A bathroom should be sterile and beautiful and functional. It should exude Japanese-style purity.

  Isaac Mizrahi

  Beautiful, Style, Bathroom

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• We have found that bats adjust the timing of their sounds when they encounter clutter, and they seem to 'strobe' the world with sound.

  Cynthia Moss

  Sound, Bats, Encounters

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• Like your home's closets, your financial clutter needs an overhaul every now and again, and the payoff will go far beyond the psychic satisfaction of neatening up.

  Suze Orman

  Home, Psychics, Needs

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• The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That's not simple.

  Jonathan Ive

  Simple, Design, Absence

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• Certain environments, certain modes of life, and certain rules of conduct are more conducive to inner and outer harmony than others. There are, in fact, certain roads that one may follow. Simplification is one of them.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Simplicity, May, Facts

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh (2010). “Gift from the Sea”, p.16, Random House

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• Simple messages travel faster, simpler designs reach the market faster and the elimination of clutter allows faster decision making.

  Jack Welch

  Simple, Design, Decision

  Jack Welch, Janet Lowe (2007). “Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader”, John Wiley & Sons

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• Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product.

  Jonathan Ive

  Simplicity, Design, Purpose

  "The Chasm of Dissonance: Explaining the 'dis-connects' that seem to haunt our world (Including the ones named Trump and Clinton)" by Michael Lissack, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 13, 2016.

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• The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.

  William Macneile Dixon

  Confusion, Portraits, Facts

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• Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.

  Edwin Way Teale

  Life, Simple, Greed

  Edwin Way Teale (1953). “Circle of the Seasons: The Journal of a Naturalist's Year”

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• Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Life, Simple, Journey

  Charles Dudley Warner “The Complete Works of Charles Dudley Warner”, Library of Alexandria

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• I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts.

  Simon Cowell

  Hate, Thinking, Nuts

  "'I'm quite odd. I do get very dark moods': Simon Cowell's most revealing - and surprising - interview ever". Interview with Rebecca Hardy, www.dailymail.co.uk. May 23, 2009.

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• The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Success, Hope, Failure

  Elbert Hubbard (2005). “Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things”, p.28, Cosimo, Inc.

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• If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?

  Laurence J. Peter

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Confusion

  "Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time". Book by Laurence J. Peter, p. 333, 1977.

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• Clutter-clearing is modern-day alchemy.

  Denise Linn

  Modern, Alchemy, Clearing

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• When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Positive, Uplifting, Future

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• I have a notion that if you are going to be spiritually curious, you better not get cluttered up with too many material things.

  Mary Oliver

  Follow Your Dreams, Curious, Notion

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