"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."  -- Henry David Thoreau

"Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives."  -- Henry David Thoreau

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"Out of clutter, find simplicity."  -- Albert Einstein

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"If you have to buy stuff to store your stuff, you might have too much stuff."

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"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."

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"The truth is, most of us don't have an organization problem, we have an own-too-much-stuff problem."  -- Zoe Kim

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"Clutter is nothing more than postponed decisions."

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

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"Owning less is better than organizing more."

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"Declutter your life. Decide to choose quality over quantity."

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“The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don't."

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“The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don't.”

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"When we clear the physical clutter, we clear the mental clutter."

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"The more things you own, the more they own you."

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"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -- Leonardo da Vinci

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"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."  -- Confucious

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"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful."  -- William Morris

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“In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”  -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can become great."

-- Rainer Maria Rilke

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"If you want to improve your life immediately, clean out a closet. Often it's what we hold onto that holds us back."

-- Cheryl Richardson