#perfection

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#defect #dull #grave #perfection

Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#being #illusion #life #like #nothing

Stage is about imperfections and working with them, whether it be from you or the audience. ↗

— Katherine Moennig

#audience #imperfections #stage #them #whether

Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process. ↗

— Jerry Moran

#end product #excellence #perfection #process #product

I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least. ↗

— Justin Timberlake

#get #help #i #least #myself

But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#enjoyment #expected #luxury #necessity #only

I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy. ↗

— Reese Witherspoon

#energy #great #i #perfection #perfectionist

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#forward #go #life #march #move

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#comes #enough #his #insight #limitations

The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection. ↗

— Maurice Greene

#i #just #looking #me #perfect