Perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world.
Perfect Quotes
Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it. Accept nothing as nearly right or good enough.
There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.
Nothing can be so perfect while we possess it as it will seem when remembered.
No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.
The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.
It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.
Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.
The greater the emphasis on perfection, the further it recedes.
It is the condition of our present state to see more than we can attain; the exactest vigilance and caution can never maintain a single day of unmingled innocence… It is, however, necessary for the idea of perfection to be proposed, that we may have some object to which our endeavors are to be directed; […]
