Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.
W. Somerset Maugham Quotes on Perfection (3 Quotes)
Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.
It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.
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