If nobody is perfect how does practice make perfect?
2007-04-29 15:17:56 · 9 answers · asked by LooK iM sO wHiTe 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A practice is something that you are always doing, where something gets perfected, but never quite reaches perfection (e.g. Yoga, Medicine, Law, etc.) "Perfect" is what they strive towards, yet it is assumed you never reach complete perfection.
Other things are more binary, you either accomplish it or you don't.
2007-05-07 13:29:48 · answer #1 · answered by Ken F 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The saying "Practice makes perfect" does not suggest nor even imply that the goal of practice will perfect the whole person. Rather, the person can practice in a specific area of study and perhaps gain perfect understanding of that area but that does not mean the person will be perfect. Or they can perhaps perfect a performance, jump higher, sing louder, run faster, but that is only perfecting one thing by practice.
Only a person who has the time and energy to practice all things at all times could hope to attain the kind of perfection you are assuming but that is giving more meaning to the phrase in question that the phrase, itself, would demand.
2007-04-29 22:23:47 · answer #2 · answered by Satia 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was once told practice doesn't make perfect. I was told perfect practice makes perfect. Perfection is just the state in which some agrees that one did something extremely well and could not see any flaws.
2007-05-07 10:59:25 · answer #3 · answered by Cerinicus 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perfect is a lot to be...but practice can make pretty darn good!
An example...I had never painted a picture (on canvas) in my life, but wanted to learn. I went to the library and got several books on "How to Paint in Acrylics". I bought brushes, board canvases, cheap acrylic paints and sat down at my kitchen table. How hard can this be...I asked myself?
I found a picture in a children's book of a pelican and taped it to a wall. I wrangled with that thing until I had a very good likeness! I had paint all over everything!
I bought a frame and hung it in my bathroom! People kept commenting on it...Did you paint that, wow! That sort of thing.
I continued working with paints, switched to oils, got better and better. I feel like I have accomplished so much! My house is filled with artwork, I've sold some, given many away and had so much fun!
Maybe I'm not perfect, but perfect? That is in the eyes of the beholder, me thinks.
Trying to be "perfect" can make a person crazy. I think just being natural, doing your best makes for a happier person. Perfection makes for an 'anal' nutcase.
2007-04-29 23:08:58 · answer #4 · answered by Eve 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The saying practice makes perfect refers to activities such as playing an instrument or gaining a skills. The nobody is perfect refers to the totality of that human's experience. We all have our weaknesses.
2007-05-06 20:25:46 · answer #5 · answered by TAT 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Practice makes you do things better, but it does not make you a perfect person...nobody is perfect...that is true... practice improves your skills though...
2007-05-06 15:39:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Practice makes whatever you are practicing. Perfect practice makes perfect.
2007-04-29 23:11:59 · answer #7 · answered by stedyedy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Practice makes perfect is a misnomer. Practice makes 'better' is more accurate, but this phrase lacks the alliteration of practice/perfect.
2007-04-29 22:44:31 · answer #8 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Everyone is perfect exactly the way that they are.
Love and blessings Don
2007-04-29 22:20:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋