Zitat des Tages über Perfektion / Perfection:
APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums.
Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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.
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?
As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection.
Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.
A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.
Style is the perfection of a point of view.
We all know that the desire for perfection can get in the way of authenticity and enjoyment; it's the same with games. There's a completist part to many of us that can't rest until we reach the perfect 100% finish point.
Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.
I'm chasing perfection.
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole.
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.
Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
Perfection is the child of time.
My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
I think that designers have an incredibly broad creative repertoire. They solve. They create images of perfection for any number of clients. I could never do that. I'm my client. That's the difference between an artist and a designer; it's a client relationship.
Some women are able to wake up looking effortlessly chic - as though a bevy of fashion fairies twisted their low-lit locks into a messy chignon while they slept. They choose a frock from their exceptionally curated closet and leave a trail of custom fragrance and perfection in their wake.
Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.
Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book.
Perfection itself is imperfection.
Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.
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.
Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.
The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.
The problem with feature filmmaking is that it offers you this mirage of being able to achieve perfection, as the theory of it is that you have control of every part of the film, though in reality, it is as inexact as the next thing in your life.
If you think you've already made it, that's when you can fall short and go backwards. I'm constantly pushing forward and chasing the element of perfection.
Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the end of the film.
