I don't think anyone has said it's all about quality. I was saying we should strive towards better quality. Even if your primary aim is different I'm sure most people still value quality. I've never seen an artist lament, "Here's my newest picture but I think it's too good. I just wish I didn't draw so well." You'd be hard-pressed to find something, above pre-school level, where quality doesn't exist or matter.
Also, particularly aimed at Sonious, quality is a property that exists irrespective of taste or creativity. Coraline, Shrek and Spirited Away are all high-quality but are three very different styles of animation yet the differences don't prevent people from assessing the quality. Stop motion animation, like Coraline, is a niche but that doesn't stop critics from recognising when it is well done.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
I don't think anyone has said it's all about quality. I was saying we should strive towards better quality. Even if your primary aim is different I'm sure most people still value quality. I've never seen an artist lament, "Here's my newest picture but I think it's too good. I just wish I didn't draw so well." You'd be hard-pressed to find something, above pre-school level, where quality doesn't exist or matter.
Also, particularly aimed at Sonious, quality is a property that exists irrespective of taste or creativity. Coraline, Shrek and Spirited Away are all high-quality but are three very different styles of animation yet the differences don't prevent people from assessing the quality. Stop motion animation, like Coraline, is a niche but that doesn't stop critics from recognising when it is well done.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~