No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.


The Stones of Venice. Volume the Second. The Sea-stories (1853)


No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.