“Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success.”– Malcolm Mclaren Related Quotes “When I was about 15… I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure.”– Maude Adams “A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”– Elbert Hubbard “America’s most dangerous diseases have developed an immunity to politics. We suffer not from a failure of political organization or power, but a failure of love.”– Cal Thomas