"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything." ― Gustave Flaubert Topic(s): Art Tags: artists, perfection More From Gustave Flaubert "Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times." "The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet." "One mustn’t ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness." More In Art "I think about my work every minute of the day."― Jeff Koons "You don’t take a photograph, you make it."― Ansel Adams "Almost all institutions own a lot more art than they can ever show, much of it revealing for its timeliness, genius, or sheer weirdness."― Jerry Saltz