Quotes About Perfection

Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great.

I'm doing what I like, why wouldn't I be happy? So what if it's not perfect, I don't believe in perfection. Maybe happy's as good as it gets.

If I am dissatisfied, it's simply because good photos are few and far between. A good photo is a miracle.

My grades in high school were not very good. I was that kind of perfectionist that figured if you can't do it perfectly, why do it at all?

It was a style not of perfection, but warmth. Even mistakes had a good feeling about them

Good stories are not written. They are rewritten.

There is only good art and mediocre art.

I don't want to be perfect. I want to be useful, I want to be good, and I want to sound like myself. Trying to be perfect gets in the way of all three.

What happens when perfection isn't good enough?

If you don't like your definition of 'good enough', then feel free to change that, but the goal before shipping is merely that. Not perfect.

I think that is the difference between the very good and the best.

Very good. It was perfect.

Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?

Sickness, sin, and death, being inharmonious, do not originate in God nor belong to His government.

The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.

There is no such thing as great writing - there is only great re-writing!

I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed.

There is no great writing, only great rewriting.

I am someone who places great value on the detail. That was always the case, even in my days as a racing driver.

Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.

The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.

It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling, and there's nothing like it.

Really great design is hard. Good is the enemy of great. Competent design is not too much of a stretch. But if you are trying to do something new, you have challenges on so many axes.

If we all knew how to make that jump from good to great then I think every song would be great.