Perfection...Not

I was watching Bleach and found this surprising piece of gem in one of the dialogues -from one of the characters I dislike, no less...a weirdo in fact...but I liked this particular segment:

"There is no such thing as perfect in the world.

That may sound cliche but it's the truth.

The average person admires perfection and seeks to obtain it.

But, what's the point of achieving perfection?

There is none. Nothing. Not a single thing.

I loathe perfection!

If something is perfect, then there is nothing left.

There is no room for imagination,

No place left for a person to gain additional knowledge or abilities

Do you know what that means?

For scientists such as ourselves, perfection only brings despair.

It is our job to create things more wonderful than anything before them,

But never to obtain perfection."

I liked it because it presented a different view on perfection, one that is not unique to scientists but to all human beings in general. We spend so much time of pursuing perfection that sometimes it makes one wonder if it's really necessary?

A friend of mine once said that he doesn't want to have all his wishes fulfilled as it would mean the time for death. He wants to achieve all but one wish. Then, there would be motivation for living. When that final wish has been completed, then it would be time to go. Kinda like the perfection theory above isn't it?