Quotes for Perfection

I'm not a very good dancer. My feet don't point far enough; my extension is embarrassing. Dance, for me, has been hard because it's a strive for perfection.

Justin Peck

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

Samuel Johnson

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

Antonio Tabucchi

It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.

Antonio Tabucchi

In our western civilization we have the glorious example, the great standard of perfection and the teachings of the Christ to guide us. He acts for us as Mediator between our personality and our Soul.

Edward Bach

There's a huge part of me that's thinking about perfection. I have to fight that urge, to try to live in the moment, reach for something that I might be hearing, and not second-guess myself.

Aaron Diehl

The moment you achieve perfection, you are dead. The word exists because we are all imperfect. That is true about performance as well.

Kay Kay Menon

The paradox of perfection is that you should try and achieve it by doing quality work even though you know you can never achieve it.

Kay Kay Menon

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

Mahatma Gandhi

There was a point when I was so sick of this physical perfection thing that I thought it would be good for all young girls to eat burgers and sweets as a rebellion but I don't think that anymore because it's not healthy.

Alicia Silverstone

I'm trying to be more organized, put together, and be more kind to myself. I'm really hard on myself and really just self-critical and always striving for this perfection which doesn't exist.

Taylour Paige

I used to think everything had to be perfect, but now I know perfection doesn't exist - life comes with bumps and grazes.

Andrea McLean

I'm ultimately a perfectionist who doesn't believe in perfection.

Jack Garratt

I don't think there's any such thing as perfection. But I'm a perfectionist. I don't believe in the idea of perfection, but I will strive to achieve it.

Jack Garratt

I think when I was younger, I strived for perfection. And now I strive for my imperfections because I think they're more interesting.

Jane Krakowski

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Oscar Wilde

I welcome comments. I think criticism can be very constructive and can help further. I mean, there's no perfect perfection anywhere. There's no perfect picture.

Julie Payette

Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.

Natalia Makarova

I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.

Juliet Stevenson

Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring.

Mario Testino