Salesmanship, too, is an art; the perfection of its technique requires study and practice.
Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.
A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.
Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process.
Well, you know, I mean, she was so wonderful, and she really played the role to perfection.
It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection.
If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.
Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.
It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.