Cindy Sherman Quotes

And in fact, I think the more we start to worship perfection the more soul leaks out of art.

I feel to look for perfection is a very dangerous path. More than that, it's dangerous because it doesn't exist. You can aim for it, but you already know you won't get there because it doesn't exist. Plus, I definitely think the flaws, little cracks, and accidents are a lot more interesting.

I like a performance, a live performance, so I like little mistakes because that's what makes perfect - the mistakes.

Nobody wants to watch perfection.

Sometimes, mistakes are beautiful perfections.

I love what I do, and I always make sure to tell my fans I'm not perfect, so don't think I am. I make mistakes. I'm human, and we all are. But I try to be the best I can be, and that's all I really can do.

I love the process of cutting everything out with a scalpel yourself: I don't want to have my stencils drawn up in Illustrator, then laser-cut. I like the fact that it's slightly wrong; I think it gives it a beauty. The individual and handmade will always be worth more than what a computer can do, at least until computers can learn how to make mistakes.

I think imperfections are important, just as mistakes are important. You only get to be good by making mistakes, and you only get to be real by being imperfect.

My message behind this album was finding the beauty in imperfection.

There is no intellectual or emotional substitute for the authentic, the original, the unique masterpiece.

I think every single imperfection adds to your beauty. I'd rather be imperfect than perfect.

I get a kick out of not being ideal. I think it's awesome. That's entirely the point. And I think my creator is quite a character for letting that be.

It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?

Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.

To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.

I don't think perfect is interesting. I think what makes life exciting is the imperfections.

Perfection is really boring!

Cleanliness is the scourge of art.

If you're not trying to be real, you don't have to get it right. That's art.

I am someone who isn't always perfect.

Imperfection is fine.

I'm against the ways of the world where people feel like they need to always make things too perfect.

No, I'm not perfect in any way.

Nobody's perfect from a player to the media to fans.

I see flaws as a kind of beauty.