Paul Cullen Quotes

There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.

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

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with-that's poverty-but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you're clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it's clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)

The world is so huge that people are always getting lost in it. There are too many ideas and things and people too many directions to go. I was starting to believe that the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It makes the world seem not huge and empty but full of possibility.

One way to organize your thoughts is to tidy up, even if it's in places where it makes no sense at all.

You have to stay very basic. You have to stay very focused. You have to stay very disciplined.

I think structure is so deep in us. We put it in stories we tell our friends or in emails we write. We want it. It's how we create meaning.

When lines are great, they're easy to do. You just find the essence of it, and you do it.

I sometimes think less is more. If you cut yourself in too many places, it is hard to execute.

What's missing from the world is a sense of direction.

Most people in business and within their personal lives move towards complexity. More To Dos. More projects. More products. More meetings. More possessions. More goals. The best - I suggest to you - move in the opposite direction.

I usually go with the 'less is more' approach.

I was never, ever physically afraid. My terms of reference were basic and simple: put the ball in the net. That was my job, that's the way I saw it, and I allowed nothing and nobody to distract me from that purpose.

So much of artistic creation is just exclusion. It's not creating things; it's just excluding things that really aren't going to be helpful.

I work best when I have a goal or direction to work towards.

I think purpose is the most important thing because once you understand that, everything else becomes easy.

I've got loads of ideas, but I need some structure in my life. I need a mission.

One thing I've learned over my career is that simplicity is the key: on the field, off as well.

I do better in life when my world seems a little smaller.

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.

Singleness, simplicity, is required of me. One treasure, a single eye, and a sole Master!

The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters.

The important thing is, that I guess I don't spend any time thinking about what I am or what we do means. I spend my time doing it.

My goal is to simplify complexity.

I feel a sudden clear focus and perspective. There is no time for anything inessential.