Acquire Quote by Arthur Davison Ficke

Not everyone, the Collector was aware, is improved by the job he does in life; some people are visibly disimproved.

— Anonymous

“To the absolutist in every craftsman, each imperfection is a failure; to the practitioner, obsession with perfection seems a perception for failure.”

— Richard Sennett

When the original is well chosen and judiciously copied, the imitator often arrives at excellence which he could never have attained without direction; for…

— Samuel Johnson

One of the greatest satisfactions one can ever have, comes from the knowledge that he can do some one thing superlatively well.

— Hortense Odlum

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise…

— John Ruskin

But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible…

— Niklaus Wirth

Every branch of knowledge which a good man possesses, he may apply to some good purpose.

— Claudius Buchanan

All is measured by that relative term, quality. It is in this search for quality that the artist is, of necessity, the eternal student.

— Rex Brandt

The journey towards excellence often tires the person initially and then tries to tempt him continually with all small lucrative offers before it eventually…

— Anuj Somany

The search for perfection begins with detecting imperfection

— Nateman

“Superior experience and knowledge will be made available to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth, capacity and earning of it”

— Idries Shah

The book designer strives for perfection; yet every perfect thing lives somewhere in the neighborhood of dullness and is frequently mistaken for it by…

— Jan Tschichold