Julian Bream Quotes

As time passes, we like to simplify our lives.

I'm gradually getting rid of all the things I don't need.

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

I'm enjoying simplifying things.

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?'

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.

In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.

I like getting rid of things. I really do.

I'm the absolute opposite of a hoarder.

Throwing things out is one of the most difficult and important things you ever have to do.

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.

Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap.

Each day she removes a small portion of the unwanted things in people's lives, though all of it, she thinks, was previously wanted, once useful. She feels the sun scorching the back of her neck. The heat is at its worst now, the rains still a few months away. The task satisfies her. It passes the time.

I'd like to think there'll be too much of real life going on for me to want to do much acting.

The Tao teaches us to let go of things. Use the 80/20 rule. If you take all your clothes, you'll find out that you only wear 20 percent of them. Take what you have and don't use and circulate it. Give stuff to people who truly need it. After all, we come into this world with nothing; we leave this world with nothing.

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

The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don't. Quests to faraway places or shopping sprees are no longer necessary. All you have to do is eliminate what you don't need by confronting each of your possessions properly.

Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.

I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is.

The process of facing and selecting our possessions can be quite painful. It forces us to confront our imperfections and inadequacies and the foolish choices we made in the past.

I'm going to do as much as I can with this life, and then I'm going to make sure to take some time off and be simple and ride my bike and hang out with friends.

I didn't want to turn into Martha Stewart. I wanted to turn into a more organized, more gracious me. And that truly has happened.