Rodney Crowell Quotes

I only scream and scratch when something's only 'really good' or 'good', I want to be great, or let's go home.

Good is the enemy of great.

Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.

My mentality is always to seek perfection, and you'll find that if you can get somewhere close to it or in the vicinity of that, that's good.

Forget about getting a bank balance and don't be satisfied with things being good enough. Accept only that which is good or the best.

I think the main thing I would say is, don't settle. Don't settle for something that's not great.

One must have a high opinion of a work of art - not the work one is creating at the moment, but of that which one desires to achieve one day. Without this it is not worthwhile working.

In art, 'good enough' is not good enough.

I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.

If anyone thinks my show was 'pretty good,' then I've completely failed.

Anything less than the best is a felony.

I've never done anything half-heartedly. It's the reason my comics did well. It's the reason my comics were drawn well. I can't do anything bad.

Any artist who has that quality of timelessness has that quality because they tell the truth.

Identify with excellence, put your name on your work, and both your work and name will stand the test of time.

Really great design is hard. Good is the enemy of great.

Never settle for average.

If you're going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones... After all, there are better ways to starve to death.

Say "no" to the good and say "yes" to the best.

We just always focus on quality, which can be frustrating during the wait, but which pays off when we're done (we hope).

If something is worth doing, it is worth doing right. I take that one step further. You shouldn't do anything unless you do it right.

So, they have the same vibe of like that fun kind of spirit, but this one's a lot more serious. It's like, get it done, get it done right, you know? It's got to be perfect. We definitely do lots of takes on this.

It is not enough to get things done; they must be done right.

I'm not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well

Never settle for anything less than your best.

When I release something, I'm like, "OK, I want it to be the best." When I release my fragrance, I want it to be the number one fragrance. I don't want it to be like, "Oh yeah, you got ninth on the rankings."