1,286 Quotes About Perfection

In a fallen world, if you demand perfection or nothing, you will always get nothing.

The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.

I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.

Perfection is unattainable, so I like to live in imperfection.

People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.

Where is perfection? Where I cannot reach.

Indeed, some kitsch seems to be flawed by its very perfection, its technical virtuosity and its precise execution, its explicit knowledge of the tradition

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curtain before his weaknesses and to display his perfections; to bury his shortcomings in silence but to proclaim his virtues on the housetop.