#perfect

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality. ↗

— Richard Courant

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Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ↗

— William Davenant

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To give a body and a perfect form to one's thought, this - and only this - is to be an artist. ↗

— Jacques-Louis David

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I'm always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though. ↗

— David Duchovny

#comedy #i #perfect #romantic #romantic comedy

Where utility ends and decoration begins is perfection. ↗

— Jack Gardner

#decoration #perfection #utility #art

My family had all kinds of complications in relationships. I would like to meet the person who did not. Since when is being absolutely perfect what being a human is? What do we gain from that? ↗

— Anthony Edwards

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I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect--they are much more interesting. ↗

— Marc Jacobs

#imperfection #beauty

We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play the piano by mail and that mud will give you a perfect complexion. ↗

— Zelda Fitzgerald

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The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection. ↗

— Tara Brach

#perfectionism #freedom

A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship. ↗

— Martin Gardner

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