“I know that aiming at perfection has its drawbacks. It makes you go into details that you can avoid but that is the only way you can achieve excellence. So, in that case, being finicky is essential.” KnowsWayCasesAchieveEssentialsPerfectionExcellenceDetailsDrawbacks Author:J. R. D. Tata
“If you want excellence, you must aim at perfection. It makes you go into detail that you can avoid. It takes a lot of energy out of you but that's the only way you finally actually achieve excellence. So in that sense, being finicky is essential.” IfsWantEssentialsPerfectionAimExcellenceDrawbacks Author:J. R. D. Tata
“One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important to you. Perfection does not exist - you can always do better and you can always grow.” NeedsDoeImportantGrowsGoalPowerfulEssentialsPerfectionExcellence Author:Les Brown
“'Solutionism' for me is, above all, an unthinking pursuit of perfection - by means of technology - without coming to grips with the fact that imperfection is an essential feature of liberal democracy.” MeanFactsTechnologyDemocracyEssentialsPerfectionPursuitFeaturesImperfectionPursuit Of PerfectionLiberal Democracy Author:Evgeny Morozov
“In all great works of fiction, regardless of the grim reality they present, there is an affirmation of life against the transience of that life, an essential defiance. This affirmation lies in the way the author takes control of reality by retelling it in his own way, thus creating a new world. Every great work of art, I would declare pompously, is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life. The perfection and beauty of form rebels against the ugliness and shabbiness of the subject matter.” WorldWayArtMatterRealityFormLyingFictionSubjectsHorrorEssentialsCreatingPerfectionBetrayalWorks Of ArtRebelNew WorldCelebrationInfidelityAffirmationUglinessGreat WorkDefianceSubject MatterGrimRetellingTake ControlTransienceTehranInsubordination Author:Azar Nafisi
“If one had to define one essential gift with which a dancer needs to be endowed, there might be a rush of answers. A beautiful body, grace of line, graciousness of spirit, joy in the work, ability to please, unswerving integrity, relentless ambition towards some abstract perfection. Certainly all these factors determine a dancer's character, and every element exists in some combination within the performing artist's presence.” IfsNeedsCharacterBodyMightBeautifulJoySpiritArtistLinesAbilityAnswersGraceIntegrityPleaseEssentialsElementsAmbitionPerfectionDanceDetermineFactorsCombinationPerformingAbstractDancerBalletRelentlessGraciousnessPerforming ArtsBeautiful BodyPerforming Artist Author:Lincoln Kirstein
“When we seek happiness through accumulation, either outside of ourselves-from other people, relationships, or material goods-or from our own self-development, we are missing the essential point. In either case we are trying to find completion. But according to Buddhism, such a strategy is doomed. Completion comes not from adding another piece to ourselves but from surrendering our ideas of perfection.” PeopleTryingIdeasSelfHappinessCasesPiecesMissingMaterialsBuddhismDevelopmentLetting GoEssentialsPerfectionStrategyGoodsDoomedSelf DevelopmentAccumulationCompletion Author:Mark Epstein
“The essential thing is to etch movements in the sky, movements so still they leave no trace. The essential thing is simplicity. / That is why the long path to perfection is horizontal.” LongStillsWalksPathJourneySkyMovementWalkingEssentialsPerfectionSimplicityWanderHikingTrekkingStrollingSaunteringHorizontal Author:Philippe Petit
“Architect's designs must refer to the unquestionable perfection of the body's symmetry and proportions. If a building is to create a sense of eurythmia, it is essential that it mirrors these natural laws of harmony and beauty” IfsBodyLawNaturalDesignBuildingEssentialsPerfectionHarmonyMirrorsProportionArchitectNatural LawSymmetry Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“The minimum could be defined as the perfection that an artefact achieves when it is no longer possible to improve it by subtraction. This is the quality that an object has when every component, every detail, and every junction has been reduced or condensed to the essentials. it is the result of the omission of the inessentials.” Has BeensResultsQualityAchieveObjectsEssentialsPerfectionSimplicityDetailsDefinedMinimumImprovingComponentsReducingMinimalismOmissionSubtractionJunctionArtefacts Author:John Pawson