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Today  ·  8 November 2026

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.
Robert M. PirsigLila: An Inquiry into Morals, p. 200, 1991
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Today’s quote is filed under #quality. That topic leads to Steve Jobs, who is also quoted on innovation – and innovation leads to Elon Musk. Every quote here connects to the next by author or topic.

  1. Robert M. Pirsig  ·  today“Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.”
  2. #quality
  3. Steve Jobs“For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.”
  4. #innovation
  5. Elon Musk“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
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