David Karp Quotes

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 look about my house and see there are lots of lovely things in it, but I constantly buy more.

Don't keep excessive amounts of anything. Those glass vases that come from florists. Those ketchup packets that come with take-out food. A house with two adults probably doesn't need fifteen mismatched souvenir coffee cups.

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.

My friends tease me because I don't like clutter. I'm not someone who gets attached to things.

People surround themselves in their houses with things they don't really need, that they have to dust all the time.

I've collected a lot of things throughout my life, and I think that's more being a hoarder than being passionate about them, and so I've tried to stop that.

I don't collect things for the sake of collecting. I don't really see the point.

I am quite a hoarder, so it is important to let go of some stuff.

You spend a good part of your adult life acquiring things: building a home, filling it with objects that please your eye and make you feel comfortable. Then you spend the last part of your life trying to figure out how to get rid of it all.

I cling like a miser to the freedom that disappears as soon as there is an excess of things.

If you own a rug you own too much.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

The older you get and the wealthier you get, the more complicated life becomes. That's why I have as few material assets as possible. Every material thing you have is more hassle.

In New York, I live on a compost heap of all the stuff I accumulate.

The more storage you have, the more stuff you accumulate.

I can't stand clutter. I can't stand piles of stuff. And whenever I see it, I basically just throw the stuff away.

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

I think a closet full of things would actually stress me out.

A lot of people agree that tidying is connected to how we live, and even though, outside of Japan, houses might be bigger, people have more things than they need.

Sometimes it's better to look at things than own them... owning means anxiety and lots of bags to carry around.

I'm the absolute opposite of a hoarder.

My mother kept every single thing that she ever got in her life.

I like to have things around me that I love. However, I'm not a hoarder and get rid of everything I don't need.

There are tons of things in your home and life that you don't use, need, or even particularly want. They just came into your life as impulsive flotsam and jetsam and never found a good exit. Whether you're aware of it or not, this clutter creates indecision and distractions.