Is Perfect the Enemy of Good?

Having some compassion for the flaws actually sometimes makes the art better. The first step is to accept that and allow the story to form itself around its own defect in such a way that it becomes a beautiful thing. If you can buy into this idea, it's kind of cool, ecause it means you don't have to abandon anything any more. And which is what i think turgenev did in the singers - although how he did it i don't know.