Quotes About Authenticity

Perfection is terrible; it cannot have children.

Imperfection is the new perfection.

I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.

I'm very open and honest, and I feel like it's important for women to hear that we're not perfect; none of us are perfect. And sometimes we aspire to have these ideas in our heads of what perfection is, and I probably would've been better off if I'd left myself alone.

Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.

You're not supposed to look perfect while you're making babies. Making babies is the perfection. It's about feeling good in clothes and knowing you can get dressed up in the evening, work it for a minute, and maybe get back in a certain pair of jeans. But there's just no such thing as perfection.

Perfection is really boring!

For any character, male or female, I think it's important to have... it's cliche to say a flawed character, but to really think about the good and the bad and make sure that both are present, and it doesn't just become a glossed over icon of perfection.

That's really truly what my message is - finding self love within yourself and not comparing yourself to others - because there's no such thing as perfection, because perfection doesn't exist.

I don't want everything to be flowery perfection. I like it there to be a charge behind it, you know?

Perfection doesn't exist.

I'm such a perfectionist and I like to have everything just right, but at the same time I try to be as real and as genuine as I can be in my life and in my career.

As a dancer, it's hard because there's such a perfectionist quality that you really have to let go of while you're acting, because nobody wants to a watch a perfect person on screen.

Perfectionist? That's not something I am.

Keep in mind, you can use Auto-Tune and you can know how to work it perfectly, but you still have to know how to write a good song.

I will always do R. Kelly - I'm not perfect, but I'm perfectly me.

I realized we're all perfectly imperfect, which was a big thing. Perfectionism, to me, was an important thing.

I love that about New York: You just dress the way you want to dress and feel really comfortable because nobody is judging. You can just be yourself, and it's perfectly normal.

To be perfectly honest, if it was up to me, I would be invisible as an artist.

I'm not impersonating anybody. I'm perfectly satisfied with what I am.

I think it's perfectly acceptable not to run with cliques.

Here's the thing: I'm not beautiful. I mean, I'm a perfectly normal-looking Jewish guy. My face has never been my fortune, nor has my body... physical beauty has never been part of my equation. It's just not on my shopping list.

I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged.

Let's be perfectly honest. I love Rock to death. We're all different people, but Rock's a showman.