“We know that a number of our community-based Goodwill organizations have seen a year-over-year spike in donations in January that they attribute to Marie Kondo’s show.”— Lauren Lawson-Zilai, people.com
“Mary Poppins: Our first game is called Well Begun is Half-Done. Michael: I don't like the sound of that. Mary Poppins: Otherwise titled Let's Tidy up the Nursery. Michael: [to Jane] I told you she was tricky.”— Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews, imdb.com
“Clutter has only two possible causes: too much effort is required to put things away or it is unclear where things belong.”— Marie Kondo, amazon.com
“One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff. This excess is caused by our ignorance of how much we actually own. When we disperse storage of a particular item throughout the house and tidy one place at a time, we can never grasp the overall volume and therefor…”— Marie Kondo, amazon.com