Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be.
You want perfection, go to a bowling alley!
I don't like to see mistakes on the typewriter. I like a perfect script. On the typewriter I will sometimes leave a phrase that is not right, not what I want, simply because to change it would be a bit messy.
I'm a perfectionist, to the point of insanity.
There's scenes where I really want to get things right, and all the kids know me as the person who says, 'Sorry.' I think I've gotten a lot better with that, but it's still the thing that I'm still worried about, trying to get the scene perfect.
The perfectionist is another name for someone who is getting ready to become mad.
We must avoid fastidiousness; neatness, when it is moderate, is a virtue; but when it is carried to an extreme, it narrows the mind.
Perfectionism may look good in his shiny shoes, but he’s a little bit of an asshole and no one invites him to their pool parties.
I'm always in search for perfection. If it's not perfect, I'm back to the drawing board.
If you are a complete perfectionist, then the truth is that this ice skating business will drive you a little crazy!
I am by nature a perfectionist, and I seem to have trouble allowing anything to go through in a half-perfect condition. So if I made any mistake it was in working too hard and in doing too much of it with my own hands.
Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.
I am a perfectionist and the only reason why I started producing is because I didn't want to argue with a producer.
I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.
I think I would have written five times as much as I've written if I didn't have this terrible sense of perfection.
I have an obsessive character. I manicure my nails at three in the morning because nobody else can do it the right way. Maybe that's the secret to my success.
I like lists, I'm controlling, I like order. I'm difficult on every level.
When you strive for perfection, you compare different versions of what could be instead of being present with what is. Perfectionism is an attempt to inhabit an imaginary world in order to avoid experiencing the world in which you live.
Reaching for the stars, perfectionists may end up clutching at air.
Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination .
It's one thing to be a perfectionist when you're alone, but when you're trying to make it work in an ensemble that's a whole different deal.
It's all about perfection, isn't it?
Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism.
I've got perfectionist issues, as I can't seem to let tracks out the studio - it drives my manager nuts.
Ever since my childhood, I was haunted by the search for perfection. An imperfectly cut paper literally made me ill. I would guillotine it.
