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is an imaginary state of quality the critic distinguishes from the actual by an element known as excellence.

PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence... an attribute of the critic. The editor of an English magazine having received a letter pointing out the erroneous nature of his views and style, and signed 'Perfection,' promptly wrote at the foot of the letter: 'I don't agree with you,' and mailed it to Matthew Arnold.

Nature attains perfection, but man never does. Eric Hoffer

is attained by slow degrees... it requires the hand of time.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees... it requires the hand of time. Voltaire

To improve is to change... to be perfect is to change often. Winston Churchill

's condition is idleness and whose aim is youth.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth. Oscar Wilde

is undesirable. If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be. Yogi Berra

is able to be realized only subjectively, and only through art, and through art only.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection. Oscar Wilde

is produced from imperfection. This, after all, is the highest of art forms.

Producing perfection from imperfection is, after all, the highest of art forms. Frank Herbert

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