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"An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's."
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"Even if you have achieved everything, there is Perfection, still left to be achieved."

"The only measurement I understand is perfection."

"Perfection is not to be attained, but to be pursued infinitely."

"When you demand perfection within yourself, you become more fallible."

"Perfection is ordinary, imperfection is beauty."

"I mean, I spent 30 years in the world of physical perfection, right? I've known most of the world's most perfect physical specimens over the course of the last 30 years."

"Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier."

"Drop all ideas of becoming someone; you are already perfect."
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"An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's."

"A confessional passage has probably never been written that didn't stink a little bit of the writer's pride in having given up his pride."
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