Cory Barlog Quotes

Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.

I don't believe in doing everything and being mediocre at all of them. I believe in being good at one thing.

You want to do a few things really well because you want to come out with a product that is fully baked, even though it may be lacking in a few features or whatever, rather than the one that's all-achieving but not doing anything too well.

You have to be a professional in every single thing you do.

I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible.

I want to do one thing and do it well.

I want to know everything there is to know about a specific area. And it's winning at that mastery that really drives me. I want to be best at something. I don't even know what 'this' is, but there's this inner drive to be the best.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

You can't be perfect at everything.

You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Good is often the enemy of best.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

If you're going to do a job, do it right. If you're going to throw a birthday party, make it amazing. If you're going to do anything, do it awesome.

I don't want to be jack of all, master of none. I want to focus completely and excel as an actor with every project.

When you have a deep focus, you can't go wrong at all. Not when you're an expert at what you do.

I would rather do two things really, really, really well than do 16 things and have 14 of them fail.

Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality.

If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.

To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves.

Excellence in one area is the beginning of excellence in every area.

You can't take everything that is offered to you. I pass on a lot of stuff, because I truly believe that I will shine better if I could do it 200 percent rather than do it 80 percent and make it so-so.

I'd rather be really good at something or not do it at all.

Focus on just a few things, and do them better than anybody else.