Quotes
Quotes on clutter
“The more you have, the more you are occupied. The less you have, the more free you are.” - Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Catholic nun
“It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.” – Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher
“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful” - William Morris, 1834-1896, English textile designer, artist, writer and socialist
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak” - Hans Hofmann, 1880-1966, German abstract expressionist painter
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler” - Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German theoretical physicist
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated” – Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese thinker and social philospher
“The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.” - Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish novelist and poet
“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.” - Lin Yutang, 1895-1976, Chinese writer and inventor
“Anything simple always interests me” - David Hockney, 1937-, English painter
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” - Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer
“Beware the barrenness of a busy life” - Socrates, 469-399 BC, Greek philosopher
"On the whole, I think women wear too much and are too fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter." - Julie Andrews, English actress, singer, author, 1935-, English actress, singer, author
"Less is more" - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1886-1969, German architect
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