Quality means conformance to requirements, not elegance.
You don't need to know someone personally to be able to discern whether their work is high quality or not. The idea of a meritocracy is that it's what they do, not who they are.
I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.
Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.
I think in any work of art, there always will be randomness about what is good, what is bad.
In the end, we don't believe in launching any type of product if it isn't perfect in our eyes.
As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to.
I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria.
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which highlights customer satisfaction, workforce empowerment, and increased productivity, has come to symbolize America's commitment to excellence.
My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn't there, I don't.
The real important thing about Digital-Original publication goes beyond the fact that authors make more money off each sale than through traditional publishing. It's that we get to bypass a system of gatekeepers who have more than 'quality' as criteria for what they choose.
