“It's the imperfections that make things beautiful”

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”

Amy Bloom (1953) Fiction writer, screenwriter, social worker, psychotherapist

“You are you. Unique. Marvelous. Beautiful. Quirky. And imperfect.”

Stasi Eldredge

“Foresight is an imperfect thing — all prevision in economics is imperfect.”

John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) American economist and diplomat

“A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.”

Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright

“There is something perfect to be found in the imperfect: the law keeps balance through the juxtaposition of beauty, which gains perfection through nurtured imperfection.”

Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman

“I know why familles were created, with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.”

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

“All beauty must have its imperfections, all happiness its share of sorrow.”

Susan Kay Phantom