Achieving perfection quotes:

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  • We learn as much by others' failings as by their teachings. Examples of imperfection is just as useful for achieving perfection as are models of competence and perfection. -- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de ...
  • A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to be revised 'til it's close to perfection... But achieving perfection takes a lot of energy. -- Stephen Sondheim
  • I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection. -- Andrew Vachss
  • The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. -- Eugene Delacroix
  • Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. -- C. Northcote Parkinson
  • I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control people have over work. -- Billy Childish
  • In this fallen world, I suspect we will never achieve perfection. But that won't stop me trying. -- Michael Gove
  • Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it. -- Reinhold Niebuhr
  • To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty. -- Jose Bergamin
  • A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved. -- W. Somerset Maugham
  • Sadly, in any industry and in any work-related environment, females always strive to achieve a certain amount of perfection, whether that be skinny or pretty. It's a constant, in our society. -- Mila Kunis
  • The problem with feature filmmaking is that it offers you this mirage of being able to achieve perfection, as the theory of it is that you have control of every part of the film, though in reality, it is as inexact as the next thing in your life. -- Kapil Sharma
  • I rarely come away from presenting the 'Today' programme without some sense of regret. There is always some question that I should have asked, or some point that I should have made. This is annoying but not surprising. Perfection is hard to achieve in a three-hour live programme. -- Evan Davis
  • I'd love to stay in baseball, but I won't beg. I'd love to work with young umpires. I think I could teach them, help them develop. I can spot flaws, help them get over the hump. You're striving for perfection every game, yet you never achieve it. If baseball wants me, I'm available. -- Doug Harvey
  • Don't worry about achieving. Don't worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can. -- Pema Chodron
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