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<details><summary>Referenced by:</summary><a href="/garden/guide-to-incrementals/what-is-content/index.md">Guide to Incrementals/What is Content?</a></details>

> Art is never finished, only abandoned.
> \- Leonardo Da Vinci

This quote intrigues me and feels quite relatable. I've struggled with perfectionism (and in fact it's a large theme in Kronos), something Leonardo famously did as well. This quote feels like an exit ticket to getting out of perfectionist thinking - if art is _never_ finished, then when its "done" (abandoned) is arbitrary. Perhaps that's why Leonardo left so many WIPs behind in his journal - if the point at which you abandon them is arbitrary, then why not abandon projects early?