The idea that quality is more intrinsic to things than we usually admit was put into my head way back when by the well-known philosophical bestseller Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The author, Robert Pirsig, had a lot to say about Quality (which he capitalized). 

"Quality," wrote Pirsig (among many other things!) "is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions." He took care to note that Quality is something real in the world--it's not merely a surface attribute, it's not simply "style."

I agree with that, and I think, if you're quiet, and present, you can listen to music and tell whether it has quality, or even Quality.






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