Rachel Khoo Quotes

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

Quality. That's the key. Everything I do, I want it to have that stamp that people like Jay Z, for instance, have on all the things they touch.

I hate crap, I like craftsmanship

I don't care if you're doing haute cuisine or burgers and pizza, just do it right.

One should always try to do the best you possibly can. I'm not in a race to the finish line - I won't put anything out until it's completely ready. You want to keep it special and unique for the customer.

Commit yourself to quality from day one... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good.

I don't want to record anything unless it can be great and genuinely interesting.

What is fashion? It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail.

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.

I have always believed in quality work.

I doubt Picasso ever painted a picture in an hour, he took his time, looked at every detail and made sure it was perfect.

When I was a carpenter, I once worked with this Russian lady architect. I would tell her, ‘Look, I’m terribly sorry, but I want to change that a half inch,’ and she would say, ‘No limit for better.’ I think that is a worthy credo. You keep on going until you get it as close to being right as the time and patience of others will allow.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.

God is in the details.

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back.

Like many people out there, I'm inspired by the level of attention to detail, design and execution of Apple products.

Just because 'Planes' is an animated movie doesn't mean I don't take my work seriously. You can always push yourself to be better.

I'm more interested in the quality of the work than its medium.

In rowing, you're always striving for that perfect stroke, that repetition, each one being as good as the last. Same thing with cooking. You can't say, 'Oh, I don't feel well, so I'm going to put out a crappy plate.'

Pixar has been compared to fine furniture makers who polish the backs of drawers - even if you don't see everything in a particular scene, you still feel that every little detail has been met.

Art is all in the details.

Anyone can make things that are beautiful; we need to make things that are remarkable.