In order to be happy, human beings must feel they are continuing to grow. Clearly, we must adopt the concept of continuous improvement as a daily principle.
I hope I'm learning until I'm dead.
The paradox of perfection is that you should try and achieve it by doing quality work even though you know you can never achieve it.
But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
A true artist is one who, even after doing a lot, he reminds himself that he hasn't done anything.
It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.
Jiro Ono serves Edo-style traditional sushi, the same 20 or 30 pieces he's been making his whole life, and he's still unsatisfied with the quality and every day wakes up and trains to make the best. And that is as close to a religious experience in food as one is likely to get.
But, perfection is something that is a constant thing you need to achieve. It is not that you have achieved it and it's gonna stay. It's everyday hardwork.
I'm always building images. Even when I go out and put a look together, it's in my head the whole day, like, how I'm going to create this whole story. But I'm never satisfied; it's always a work in progress no matter what. Every day is working.
