Quotes about perfection

"The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection --even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano --is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star."

Smith, Logan Pearsall on perfection   

"All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare."

Spinoza, Baruch (Benedict de) on perfection   

"Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it, said the Philosopher."

Stephens, James on perfection   

"Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more."

Tennyson, Lord Alfred on perfection   

"The nearest to perfection that most people come is when filling out an employment application."

Unknown, Source on perfection   

"No one becomes perfect, but some become great."

Unknown, Source on perfection   

"It is no crime not to be perfect"

Unknown, Source on perfection   

"Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being."

Updike, John on perfection   

"I have always suspected that correctness is the last refuge of those who have nothing to say."

Wasiman, Friedrich on perfection   

"So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere."

Webb, Beatrice Potter on perfection   

"Perfecting is our destiny, but perfection never our lot."

Weber, C. J. on perfection   

"The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth."

Wilde, Oscar on perfection
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"The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is."

Wilde, Oscar on perfection
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"The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement."

Will, George F. on perfection   

"Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated."

Yahl, J. on perfection
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"The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take the second must refuse a heavenly mansion, raging in the dark."

Yeats, William Butler on perfection   

"Don't demand perfection. But insist on continuous improvement."

Torley on perfection
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"Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."

Lombardi, Vince on perfection
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"To be neat in a culture that prizes neatness may bespeak a very different, less aberrant biological state than the same behavior in a culture that has adopted different values. Whether a particular behavioral style like perfectionism is deviant is very much a matter of cultural expections."

Kramer, Peter on perfection   

"Trying too hard to be too good, even when trying to be bad, is too good for the bad, too bad for the good. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on perfection   

"Perfection seems sterile; it is final, no mystery in it; it's a product of an assembly line. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on perfection   

"To accomplish the perfect perfection, a little imperfection helps. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on perfection   

"Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on perfection   

"We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on perfection   

"In trying to be perfect, he perfected the art of anonymity. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on perfection   

"When there is noise and crowds, there is trouble; when everything is silent and perfect, there is just perfection and nothing to fill the air. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on perfection