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There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.

H. G. Wells

Engineering

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Wislawa Szymborska

Imperfection

On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.

Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.

The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.

Ben Okri

Fact

Imperfection

As a real person, he wouldn't last a minute, would he? But drama is about imperfection. And we've moved away from the aspirational hero. We got tired of it, it was dull. If I was House's friend, I would hate it. How he so resolutely refuses to be happy or take the kind-hearted road. But we don't always like morally good people, do we?

It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.

The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless is mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.

Perfection itself is imperfection.

Vladimir Horowitz

Imperfection

Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today's reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda.

You'll remember Dr. Rice said that several times: It was not a warning about the place and the method and the time - it was a general warning. And that points out the imperfection, if you would, of our intelligence.

There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.

Conrad Hall

Beauty

Imperfection

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.

Ernst Fischer

Greatness

Imperfection