Perfect Quotes

A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art.

I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not living.

It’s what we live for, to be able to make great illusions.

We go to the real places, we shoot on location. We get the real people. It’s a perfect marriage between fact and fiction.

I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.

What is perfect love if not loving each others imperfections perfectly?

It’s funny, because my last record was a lot about isolation and people living in separate worlds that other people can’t even understand, which drug addiction is the perfect negative example of.

Let’s get perfectly lost recklessly joyful, let’s rest a while in this sweet reverie.