One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. – Epictetus

Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant. – Vicomte De Chateaubriand

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. РAntoine de Saint-Exup̩ry