William Faulkner Quotes About Perfection

Quotes about: Perfection

• The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.

  William Faulkner

  Dream, Writing, Artist

• 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.

  William Faulkner

  Dream, Believe, Writing

  1956 On his generation of writers. Interview in Paris Review, Spring.

• 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.

  William Faulkner

  Memorable, Airports, Perfection

• 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.

  William Faulkner

  Dream, Possible And Impossible, Perfection

  1956 On his generation of writers. Interview in Paris Review, Spring.

• All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection.

  William Faulkner

  Dream, Possible And Impossible, Perfection

  1956 On his generation of writers. Interview in Paris Review, Spring.

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