Aamir Khan Quotes

You know how you're always trying to get things to come out perfect in art because it's real difficult in life

Perfection is no more a requisite to art than to heroes.

You have to make thousands and thousands of drawings before an illustration is perfected.

Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring.

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

Cleanliness is the scourge of art.

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

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Nothing stops the forward march of any creative endeavor like the need to do it absolutely perfectly. And who is to judge what is 'perfect' anyway? What I have judged full of flaws so many others have called terrific. Maybe the definition of Perfection is something that actually gets done.

And what is Genius but finer love, a love impersonal, a love of the flower and perfection of things, and a desire to draw a new picture or copy of the same? It looks to the cause and life: it proceeds from within outward, whilst Talent goes from without inward.

I find that the quest to be perfect and make perfect music is like a black whole. I realize that you can come with the intention to capture a vibe and use a formula, but you have to accept that most of the time its not going to be what you envisioned and you might manifest something better. I think that's been the hardest thing to wrap my head around that most ideas we go for ends up sounding different. I think art in general should be about enjoying the process and the experience. All that matters is if you feel the music and it captures the element your going for.

Producing perfection from imperfection is, after all, the highest of art forms.

What I've learned from sketch is you can get it as perfect as you want, and it's never going to be perfect.

A face in the picture would bother me, so I'd rub it out with the turpentine and do it over.

I like the ideology of there being no such thing as perfection. But I'm of the opinion that I have witnessed perfection at various times, especially in art.

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

Every time you write a song, you're looking for some sort of perfection, and you never quite reach it. You're always looking for that extra missing piece.

Movie-wise, there is nothing I wouldn't do again. It's not possible to make one perfect movie every time.

Movies are not finished. They are abandoned. A movie is never finished.

The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

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

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

If I was painting a picture, I wouldn't want to take a picture of a single paint stroke. I'd rather show people what it looks like when it's done.

That's the buzz for me, the creative process. An idea is never as good as when it's in your head. And then it's just how little you ruin it.