1,286 Quotes About Perfection



  • Author John Ruskin
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    If we pretend to have reached either perfection or satisfaction, we have degraded ourselves and our work. God's work only may express that, but ours may never have that sentence written upon it, Behold it was very good.

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  • Author Mstislav Rostropovich
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    There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love.

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  • Author Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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    One can thus state, without fear of being wrong, that every truly artistic production has been conceived and executed according to the principle of irregularity.

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  • Author Ruth Reichl
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    The strands of spaghetti were vital, almost alive in my mouth, and the olive oil was singing with flavor. It was hard to imagine that four simple ingredients [olive oil, pasta, garlic and cheese] could marry so perfectly.

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  • Author Debora Spar
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    We must...forge partnerships with those around us, and begin to dismantle the myth of solitary perfection.

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