on perfectionism

when asked if he was a perfectionist (here), Ólafur Arnalds replied:

I am, but I don't want to be. I can't deny that I am, but perfection is not necessarily a good thing. And I try to avoid it. I try to work with spontaneity, and just capturing a moment. I find that much more interesting than to work for weeks on something and making it absolutely perfect with no mistakes because… where's the humanity in that? We're not perfect, so why should our music be? All these mistakes that we make, that's where you get the real music actually.

I reeeeaalllyy want to be more like this with my art. I shall work on that!