Michelangelo was once putting what appeared to be the finishing touches on a sculpture when a friend dropped by for a visit. Days later, the friend dropped by again and was surprised to find the artist still working on the same statue.
The statue looked the same to the friend as it had days earlier, so he said, "You haven't been working on this statue all this time, have you?"
"I have," said Michelangelo. "I've been busy retouching this part and polishing that part; I've softened this feature and brought out that muscle; I've given more expression to the lips and more energy to that arm."
"But all those things are so insignificant," said the friend, "they're mere trifles."
"That may be so," replied Michelangelo, "but trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle."

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