Simplifying Quotes

Really living without clutter takes an iron will ... This involves eternal watchfulness and that oldest and most relentless of the housewife's occupations, picking up. I have a feeling that picking up will go on long after ways have been found to circumvent death and taxes.

I don't take on big things. What I do, pretty much, is make the big things small and the small things big.

The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.

Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.

The older I get, the less I obsess about material stuff. In fact, stuff has become the enemy. There always seems to be more of it than I have storage in my house!

I'm going through an evolution. I'm completely cleaning out my closet. I'm purging, because I saw that show 'Hoarders.' I had a sweatshirt from sixth grade, and I'm going, 'Why do I hold on to this?'

There are plenty of people out there talking about how difficult it is for some of us to just deal with all the stuff we already have, from packed closets that need organizers to storage spaces to maintenance costs, etc. Lots of people are reevaluating whether or not they need giant garages full of stuff and finding that they don't.

I function properly, feel better, do better, look better, and treat others better when there's less clutter.

Making things easy is hard.

Cluttered closets mean a cluttered mind.

I won't rewrite on set, but I'll just trim the fat.

I like getting rid of things. I really do.

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there.

I live by Edith Wharton's rule to get rid of anything neither useful nor beautiful. So I put the TV out on the street.

I fired a bunch of people and kind of went back to my roots. I fired my agent - I had this big, fancy agent and a big fancy manager and a big fancy lawyer - and I went back to my first agent and said, "I want to go back to just being an actor."

We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.

Short form media is reductionist by nature.

Quite a few books about decluttering are published in a year.

I'm enjoying simplifying things.

I'm good at clearing things out. If I haven't worn something for a while, I'll give it away to charity.

I'm trying to make the game easier for everyone else.

Of course, any simplification runs the risk of mutilating reality; but it helps us establish perspectives.

Less mess, less stress. That's my rule! If you don't stay on top of decluttering, it can get out of control. I maintain as much as possible. I'll do seasonal edits and decide what we can toss or donate. If we don't love it, need it or haven't used it in the past year, it's gone.

There's a moment in one's life when you should really be de-accessorizing instead of making more collections.