Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

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

The important thing is to do good work, no matter what medium you do it in.

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

The fact that my songs take a long time to write is no guarantee of their excellence.

Anything is an art if you do it at the level of an art.

There is no room in the world, as you say, for second rate work.

Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen. But I want to make bold choices.

There will be no new music until it's good enough and until I'm ready.

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.

What is fashion? It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail.

We hire people who want to make the best things in the world.

You can't rush an art form.

You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

The beauty of a finely worked object points to the beauty of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the craftsmanship points to the beauty of the name which was the source of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the name of the craftsman's art points to the beauty of the craftsman's attributes manifested in that art.

Art is all in the details.

It's not communism, it's shouldn't be that everybody gets a try no matter how good or bad they are. It's our profession and our art, so we should eventually strive to be working with the best people.

I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.

Good is often the enemy of best.

Quality. That's the key. Everything I do, I want it to have that stamp that people like Jay Z, for instance, have on all the things they touch.

I doubt Picasso ever painted a picture in an hour, he took his time, looked at every detail and made sure it was perfect.

The best stuff is done by people who love it, whether that's high art or low art, whatever that is.

As a creative person, you never embark on something thinking it will be substandard.

In love as in art, good technique helps.