Kyle MacLachlan Quotes

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

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

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

Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.

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

The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.

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.

Whatever I'm doing, I try and keep the quality very high.

Whatever I do, whether it's cooking shows, books or events, the details count and that's what sets me apart from other food TV personalities. If you take out the details what's left?

I don't put nothing out if it's not ready.

I hate crap, I like craftsmanship

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 every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.

Perfection is very difficult to achieve, and perfection was what I wanted in McDonald's. Everything else was secondary for me.

I always want people to realise that whatever I do is a quality product. And that's what's really important to me.

I'm real big on making sure everything is right and taking my time.

I have an obsession for quality.

I'm a perfectionist, so everything I put out needs to be, like, 100 percent. So when it comes to releasing things on my YouTube channel, I triple-quadruple check it before I post it because this has got to be ready for the amount of people who are going to be watching, for sure.

I try to be a perfectionist.

You look for the way something is built. You see a Prada bag and you look at the stitching at the back. If it's a fake one, then they make it really cheap. If it's a real Prada bag and I will look at it, I will count every single stitch and make sure they are exact distance apart.

I'm a big perfectionist, and I like to make sure everything 120 percent, from the production to the vocal performance to the lyrics, the melody and everything.

I don't publish anything I haven't worked over 100 times.

I don't really feel like you're making a record unless you pay attention to it.

The real value in everything you do is in the details.