Imperfectly Quotes

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?

I have always hated machinery, and the only machine I ever understood was a wheelbarrow, and that but imperfectly.