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Producing Quality AND Quantity
Defining quality and quantity and the balance between them.
When it comes to producing anything at all, the argument has always existed about quality and quantity. Normally these are placed in opposition to one another.
But does this need to be the way it is? I say no, it doesn’t. You can have quality and quantity together.
No matter what you are producing — art or otherwise — it’s possible to work on both quality and quantity. I believe that this is wholly a matter of mindset.
Mass marketing over the years has produced virtually obscene quantities of any number of products, From tiny gadgets like thumb drives and mini-flashlights to household appliances and cars — these can be made in almost incomprehensible quantities quickly.
Many of these are quality products. Say what you will about cars — but I find certain brands tend to be high quality 9 times out of 10. Other brands, however — similarly mass-produced — are more unreliable. But this is an excellent example of quantity AND quality.
What about the arts? Can an artist like a painter produce a huge volume of product and keep the quality up? What about sculptors, woodworkers, writers, et al?
