Time & Perspective Quote by Todd McFarlane

Perfectionism is seductive because it masquerades as standards, but McFarlane is really talking about momentum. "Let it go" isn’t self-help fluff here; it’s a working artist’s survival tactic. The line "at that time and place in my life" quietly reframes art as a timestamp, not a verdict. It admits that craft is always entangled with circumstance: skill level, deadlines, money, confidence, even whatever you were trying to prove that year. The work isn’t pure; it’s you, mid-process, under pressure.

Coming from Todd McFarlane, the subtext carries the weight of someone who helped redefine mainstream comics style and then had to outgrow his own breakthroughs. McFarlane’s career is a case study in how culture freezes artists at their most iconic: the Spider-Man run, the early Spawn years, the collectible-era spectacle. Fans and markets reward the version of you that sold, which makes "letting it go" an act of defiance as much as acceptance. He’s giving permission to abandon the shrine of your last win.

The second sentence is the real tell: "You hope" it’s better. Not "you ensure". Not "you perfect". He’s advocating a humble, iterative ethic: improvement as a direction, not a guarantee. That’s how creative longevity actually happens - not by endlessly revising yesterday’s work, but by betting on tomorrow’s.