"imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know of life. — nothing that lives is, or can be rigidly perfect. — the fox-glove blossom, a third part bud; a third part past, and a third part in full bloom, is a type of the life of this world".
"no human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side; no leaf is perfect in its lobes, and no branch in its symmetry.— all admit irregularity, as they imply change. — to banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.—all things are better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be effort, and the law of human judgment may be mercy. the finer the nature, the more flaws will show through the clearness of it; and it is a law of this universe that the best things shall be seldomest seen in their best forms".
- john ruskin -
