Elon Musk Quotes

I always try to find better ways to do things. Whether it's a game plan, a practice, a meeting, an interview, whatever it is. I'm going to find a way to find a way to analyze it and find a better way to do it. That's my mindset. I've never been satisfied with anything. That's just my mindset. I'm always trying to find a better way to do things.

Everything is perfect and there is always room for improvement.

People can come to me, and no matter how expert they are, I can virtually always see a way of doing something better.

I fix things all the time. Every time I do a solo, I re-check it and correct things that don't hit the mark.

I always think about the small details because I need to improve more and more.

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.

I want everything to be perfect, if I'm going to do it.

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.

Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.

I'm not a perfectionist. I'm just very observant.

I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.

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

You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.

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

I want to try and get better in every facet of the game.

A perfectionist? That's part of my job.

Our work can always get better, and we are constantly striving for that.

There's always stuff you can improve on. Even when you do something right you can always try to go out and do something better and improve.

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

I love recreating, and I love elevating - anything I do I want do ten times better every time.

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.

Just about anything worth doing is worth doing better.

Ask yourself always: how can this be done better?

Ideas, and even the detection of errors, require more than care and caution.