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What is Perfect, Amazingly Imperfect Things in Art and Life

Regia Marinho
3 min readMar 25, 2021

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Life is perfect?

Not being perfect is absolutely perfect. — Andrée Nicole.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ― Vince Lombardi

per·fect

/ˈpərfikt/.

  1. Things that have all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics, as good as it is possible to be.
  2. perfect is something complete and without defect or blemish. It might also be precisely accurate or exact.

The word perfect can also be used as a verb meaning, you guessed it!

It originally comes from the Latin word perficere, which breaks down into per- (“completely”) and facere (“do”).

“life certainly isn’t perfect at the moment”

I hope you do not wait to do important things until the timing is perfect.

They ask me another day:

Why What Is Perfect Ain’t as Good as They Used to Be?

I can’t explain. Maybe it’s because we can't have it anymore.

“One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn’t exist… Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist”

Stephen Hawking

Perfect timing…doesn’t exist

Perfect situation, a utopia

Perfect me, not really…

The perfect decision… play the dice

Perfect you… don’t hope to be.

The perfect window only on paper.

Perfect corner if you use a triangle, not so much.

But…

Even if we could define “perfect,” I think it’s unrealistic.

You may find a better and almost perfect place for you if you …

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Regia Marinho

I write about ideas, technology, the future and inspire the world through art. Artist. Civil engineer. https://regiaart.com