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Perfection is unobtainable by it's very nature. If you froze the world and left the designer alone for centuries what came out would not be perfection. Don't ki

• calinet6 14y ago
  I never said it was even real. All I'm saying is that some things are higher quality than others, and the higher quality things are better. It's a simple tautology. I did say, "realistically you can't achieve perfection" which would appear to indicate that I'm not kidding myself here. Understanding quality in both the realistic obtainable realm, as well as the unobtainable more-pefect level allows you to differentiate the two, and make conscious decisions about the level of quality you're targeting as well as your ability to do so in reality. The higher unobtainable level of quality doesn't even have to be close to the perfect you're talking about—if you have time and money constraints, that unobtainable level of quality might be a lot lower than perfect. If you dismiss all levels of quality above a certain level as being this mythical unobtainable thing before even attempting to think about them in the abstract, then you've cut yourself off from a true understanding of the balance and compromise involved. Of course you can't achieve it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be aware of it. At some point this idea becomes a philosophical discussion and ceases to be useful. Just as at some point, your perfectionism becomes a philosophical endeavor and ceases to be useful. There is a balance where the pursuit is useful and complete.