Henry E. Steinway Quotes

Everything I do and everything Pixar does is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period.

I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957.

Commit yourself to quality from day one... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost to us.

I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.

One thing I've learned: My intentions are clear in terms of quality.

The public always picks quality.

I never choose a genre over quality. I never think, 'I want to do that,' and sacrifice the fact it might not be very good.

We want the best prices we can give our customers, with all our products... But it really is about the quality first and the experience.

We need to focus on what we know to do best, and our domain is the highest quality in luxury products and spending the most attention on uncompromising quality, not on being technologically advanced.

A cheap suit is a cheap suit; there's nothing you can do about it.

I always want people to realise that whatever I do is a quality product. And that's what's really important to me.

Neil and I share a desire for great quality in our work. If we are offered projects, look at projects, or consider projects that don't have that quality, then we don't do them.

I have an obsession for quality.

The surest foundation of a manufacturing concern is quality. After that, and a long way after, comes cost.

Just make up your mind at the very outset that your work is going to stand for quality... that you are going to stamp a superior quality upon everything that goes out of your hands, that whatever you do shall bear the hallmark of excellence.

We just always focus on quality, which can be frustrating during the wait, but which pays off when we're done (we hope).

I am a perfectionist, and my immense respect for my fans and the public meant that the quality of my clothing had to match my performance.

Always put out content that you are 100% happy with.

You cannot take shortcuts. We've shown that we can spend more on ingredients, not less, and charge a fair price.

I will always choose quality over quantity.

Everybody wants to own quality, but quality takes time, and it takes money.

People are brainwashed into believing that Italy is the seat of luxury manufacturing. If it's made in Italy, it must be good. That's just hype. Quality is where you bring it.

It's great to wave the flag - I always say we're proud to be made in America - but I think our distinction is we make it well in America.

I'm only focusing on good work. I'm known to be a little choosy, and I'm proud of it.