Top 111 Perfectionist Quotes

There’s this idea that you can have it all, but in my opinion, you can’t – not if you’re a perfectionist.

I’m a perfectionist, and to actually finish something is good for me.

My parents never really pushed me, but I was so hard on myself. I would say I had some perfectionist quality, to a fault.

I’m very perfectionist.

I’m a perfectionist to a default. I will drive you crazy sometimes. When I’m recording, I will try something a trillion times to get it right.

I’m a perfectionist – I could rewrite forever.

The problem is I’m a perfectionist, so the producer might say he’s happy with my vocal take but I’ll say, ‘No, it can be better.’ I’ll do it again and again until I feel I’ve got the truth out of a song.

I’m very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the best at what they do, and if that turns you into a perfectionist, then maybe I am.

I’m not a perfectionist. I don’t have enough patience to go over the same details over and over trying to get it perfect.

I’m a bit of a perfectionist, and I want to give 100 percent to everything.

I’m a perfectionist and I always want to do the best as possible.

As a dancer, it’s hard because there’s such a perfectionist quality that you really have to let go of while you’re acting, because nobody wants to a watch a perfect person on screen.

Not really a perfectionist, but everybody around me is.

Jazz stands for freedom. It’s supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don’t be a perfectionist – leave that to the classical musicians.

I’m a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad – and other people, too. At the same time, I think that’s one of the reasons I’m successful. Because I really care about what I do.

I’m a maniacal perfectionist.

I really like Beyonce. She’s a perfectionist who works really hard on each and every performance.

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

No perfectionist has ever met his own benchmarks, and no one so famished for admiration has ever received enough of it.

I have a singular focus, I’m a perfectionist, and I always want to prove I am the best and the best version of myself.

Hema ji is a dedicated artist and a perfectionist who continues to rehearse on her lines till she gets them right.

I like pushing myself, and usually if I’m not good at something I just won’t do it because I’m a perfectionist.

I am a perfectionist and the only reason why I started producing is because I didn’t want to argue with a producer.

I’m such a perfectionist. I can be like, ‘This has to be like this. And this, and this and this.’ But then you realize a lot of things that you thought mattered, they really don’t matter.

I used to focus so much on winning. I used to be such a perfectionist.

I don’t like the word ‘perfectionist,’ because it’s self-flattering. It’s tooting your own horn and implies that you actually can achieve perfection. I prefer ‘particularist.’

Everywhere I go, I travel with Estee Lauder Perfectionist Youth-Infusing Brightening Serum + Concealer, M.A.C. In Extreme Dimension Lash mascara, and Nars’ tinted moisturizer.

There are so many moving parts to a wedding, and I, it turns out, am a bit of a perfectionist.

Sometimes, I’m an ogre. I can be short. I’ll walk into the office some days and I’ve gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, and everybody knows it. I’m a perfectionist. I like to be organized, and I like to get everything done today.

I’m my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.

The traits I picked from my conversation with Captain Gopinath was his honesty. He was completely possessed at each stage by what he was doing. When he was in the army, he was possessed there. He was possessed when he started Udupi hotel or while doing agriculture. He is a perfectionist and he is very impatient.

I am a perfectionist, and I set high standards.

People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.

I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, ‘This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.’ But then, that’s the goal: world domination through style.

Ranjith is such a perfectionist. His visualisation of scenes makes it easy for the technicians as well as the actors. His attitude exudes so much energy that we want to give every shot our best.

In the beginning, for the first English record it was really hard for me because I’m a perfectionist and I really wanted it to sound natural and not like a German who tries to sing in English.

Anyone with a show on T.V. will tell you it’s backbreaking work. And if you have a big personality, which I have, and you’re a perfectionist, there’s going to be head-butting.

Ever since I was a young girl, even in school, I was always a perfectionist, and I always wanted to do my homework as soon as I got home. Everything had to be done properly.

I’m a perfectionist, and I’m not going to let the world hear a record until it’s ready.

I’m a perfectionist, and even if something comes out great, it’s still not perfect, you know?

I’m a perfectionist. I’m not going to cheat the people.

We’re very much perfectionists, so when we’re putting on a huge show and want to play to the best of ability, we rehearse intensely. And I have a guitar pretty much in my hand for at least five hours before doing a show. I’m just noodling and mucking around and working on some of the songs here and there.

I could make apple pie every single day. You need to be super precise in order for it to be perfect. I’m such a perfectionist that baking is calming for me. I’ve never burnt anything, thank God.

Perfectionist? That’s not something I am.

I would consider myself a perfectionist, yeah. I don’t think that is always that helpful, either. Sometimes it’s good to be a little more open-minded; you can overthink things when things are actually fine, and it’s that moment that you lose it. Looking back, sometimes I’ve made mistakes from being a perfectionist.

I never considered Miles Davis a perfectionist; I always considered him as an excellence-ist, where deviation is actually kind of cool.

One thing that stays the same is my passion for music. Other than that, I’ve become more dedicated. I think that I really work much harder than I ever did when I first started at my craft; I’m more dedicated, and I have become a perfectionist.

Be a perfectionist.

I am not a perfectionist. Perfection doesn’t exist in real life. It’s a wrong title for me.

I don’t see myself as a perfectionist.

I’m a serious student of music, a perfectionist in the studio, and I take the arrangement and production of it very seriously, down to the mixing and mastering even. But at the same time I’m having so much fun with it. I try not to take myself so seriously.

I am a perfectionist.

I’m not a perfectionist. I’m just very observant.

I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword – two jackets, one that’s driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.

I’m a perfectionist to a fault.

I mean, I guess you could say I’m a bit of a perfectionist.

I want to focus on each scene. I’m a real perfectionist, and I don’t want to feel like I didn’t consider every possible variation of a scene. I come from a theater background, so I’m used to a lot of repetition, and I’m used to really attacking something over and over and over again.

I’m a perfectionist.

As you all know, I’m kind of a perfectionist.

But I think Steve’s main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He’s a perfectionist. Good enough isn’t good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.

I’m a perfectionist, and I very rarely satisfy myself when I come in and watch the film the next day.

We’re always wanting to get better. I’m very much a perfectionist.

I’m a perfectionist.

My mother was a high-strung perfectionist. She would check my homework for the slightest imperfection and demand that it be redone if she detected any flaws, which she invariably did. My father, in contrast, was easy going and affable and delighted in helping me with any project.

I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that’s the way I feel.

I’m a driven perfectionist, very self-critical.

I’m a bit of a perfectionist. I’ll watch myself back on ‘Xtra Factor’ and want to do it again because of a few hiccups.

I’m a perfectionist. I need to be needed. I need to do things for a man. But I don’t need to do them as much, these days.

I’m afraid I’m a complete workaholic perfectionist.