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Quotes About Perfection

I do not accept evil. Man is perfect. The soul does not fall. Progress exists. . . . Up till now, misfortune has been described in order to inspire terror and pity. I will describe happiness in order to inspire their contraries. . . . As long as my friends do not die, I will not speak of death.
~ Comte de Lautreamont
I do not accept evil. Man is perfect. The soul does not topple. Progress exists. Good is irreducible. Antichrists, accusing angels, eternal sufferings, religions are the product of doubt.
~ Comte de Lautreamont
Je n'accepte pas le mal. L'homme est parfait. L'âme ne tombe pas. Le progrès existe. Le bien est irréductible. Les antéchrists, les anges accusateurs, les peines éternelles, les religions sont le produit du doute.
~ Comte de Lautreamont
What is the worst thing you've done for love? Exist! I hate existing, I wish I didn't exist, but I do everyday because allegedly, there is someone out there on earth who's 'perfect' for me. Yeah, I don't believe any of that. What if there's no one? Have we ever thought about that? What if we were just destined to be alone forever?
~ Unknown
Success is a lot like a bright, white tuxedo. You feel terrific when you get it, but then you're desperately afraid of getting it dirty, of spoiling it in any way.
~ Unknown
crowding together to see something which would ease the boredom of perfection and time.
~ Cordwainer Smith
It would be nice if life weren't so messy, but that's just not the nature of things; we want things to be perfect, but most of the time we just spend our existence cleaning up the messes we make—and sometimes the messes of other people, people about whom we care most in the world.
~ Craig Johnson
What do you miss, no longer working at Toyota?" He replied, "No longer discussing perfection with people.
~ Unknown
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.
~ Cyril Connolly
And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything as you like it, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose, and it's always daisy-time.
~ D. H. Lawrence
When you take on a project, you have to be certain that you can make the best version of whatever it is you're given.
~ Jake Kasdan
I like the idea that we settle into what looks best on us. Then it becomes a game of finding the perfect version of those things.
~ Michael Bastian
I believe there's a platonic ideal for every book that is written, like there's the perfect version of the book somewhere in the ether, and my job is to find what that book is through my editing.
~ Sheila Heti
When you make an animated film, you make it over and over and over. We almost do ten versions of the film.
~ Mike Mitchell
Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces.
~ John Abercrombie
A Hard Day's Night' is the most perfect pop album you'll ever get to hear in your life; it's filled with definitive versions of the two-minute pop song.
~ Mick Hucknall
I honestly go back and forth in my head about using advanced and innovative technologies for creating my characters. There's something more 'real' and charming when the characters aren't perfect. It's the difference between anything that's built by a computer and machine versus the same thing being made by hand.
~ Jeff Dunham
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
~ Saint Augustine
Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.
~ Rene Descartes
Texture is very important. Just the feel of everything. It's not always about recording everything in pristine quality and having everything mixed where it's absolutely perfect. It's more about a vibe.
~ Washed Out
A scuffed up shoe on the red carpet or at a big premiere is never okay! It can really alter the vibe of a trendy look.
~ Brad Goreski
It used to take me a really long time, and I used to not be able to write in the studio because I felt there was a lot of pressure to be perfect. The more I'm collaborating with other artists, the more I realize being in the studio is about catching a vibe.
~ Saweetie
Part of the beauty of Victoria's Secret modeling is that they are called 'Angels' for a reason - because they're aesthetics are supposed to be unobtainable. But so are mine. No one could ever be me. Look exactly as I do. Be exactly as I am.
~ Rain Dove
Anything looks good if you've got the body of a Victoria's Secret model and the porelessly smooth skin-tone of a piece of glass.
~ Kate Reardon