Quotes About Perfectionism

The research that my colleagues and I have done suggests that, not surprisingly, maximizers are prime candidates for depression.

you seek and accept only the best, you are a maximizer.

While maximizers and perfectionists both have very high standards, I think that perfectionists have very high standards that they don't expect to meet, whereas maximizers have very high standards that they do expect to meet. Which may explain why we found that those who score high on perfectionism, unlike maximizers, are not depressed, regretful, or unhappy.

Kill your darlings.

A menudo «lo bueno» es enemigo de «lo mejor».

Perfectionism robs you of your freedom.

In drawing a wall, he said, "the artist who must copy every small stone and each stroke of whitewash has missed his calling: he should have become a bricklayer.

Most people can't find love because they're picky, they overanalyze and they find things wrong in people. We call them flaw finders.

Give up being perfect for being authentic. Be who you are. Love who you are. Others will too.

If you are interested in photography because you love it and are obsessed with it, you must be self-motivated, a perfectionist, and relentless.

No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do it because there is wrinkle in the spread or the blanket is on crooked. This is sick.

What drives men of genius is their obsession with the idea that what has already been done is not good enough.

We were unable to understand their attitudes until we ourselves returned home and tried to comprehend people who griped because America wasn't perfect or their coffee wasn't hot enough or they had to stand in line and wait for a train or bus.

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

U2 albums never get finished. They just get released.

As a game creator, I'm not 100% satisfied when looking back at the previous game that I released.

Joni Mitchell seems destined to remain in a state of permanent dissatisfaction - always knowing what she would like to do, always more depressed when it's done.

If I drop a ball, I'm going to beat myself up, or if I go out and a rep isn't perfect, I feel like I've got to do it again.

Every time I watch a performance, I'm disgusted with how I've skated. It's very hurtful for me.

I am truly happy with what I've got. But if I could alter something, it would be my hands. I've never been satisfied with them - I would love longer fingers.

There are enough really good love songs and I don't even know if I could write one if I tried.

Honestly, if I could shoot everything in 1:33, I would.

I'm always building images. Even when I go out and put a look together, it's in my head the whole day, like, how I'm going to create this whole story. But I'm never satisfied; it's always a work in progress no matter what. Every day is working.

I get impatient with people working on a film that have their head in their hands like it's the most complicated thing in the world.