William Faulkner Quotes About Perfection
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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection.
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Gough never pretended to perfection or to sainthood - well, hardly ever. Although when he set off the metal detector at airport security, he would blame his aura.
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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
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The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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All of us have failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. If I could write all my work again, I'm convinced I could do it better. This is the healthiest condition for an artist. That's why he keeps working, trying again: he believes each time that this time he will do it, bring it off. Of course he won't.
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