“The only skill that cannot be perfected is perfection itself.”

“Nothing and no one is perfect. It just takes a good eye to find those hidden imperfections.”

“Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. ”

“What moves those of genius, what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.”

“Draftsmen may be made, but colorists are born.”

“What drives men of genius is their obsession with the idea that what has already been done is not good enough.”

“No man of honor avoided what needed to be done, simply because it might not proceed in his favor.”