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The recipe for great work is very exacting taste plus the ability to gratify it; it is easier to see ugliness than to imagine beauty.

Drawn from what George Saunders and Paul Graham said

Subjecttaste
What this subject means

taste Whether good and bad exist in made things, and how a maker comes to tell them apart.

On the topicWhat is taste, and why does it matter now?under our view: Taste is real: some things are better than others, and saying so is the point On the topicWho should design software, and how?under our view: One person of taste has to be in charge, because design by committee is bad design

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  1. George Saunders American short-story writer and novelist Could this phrase or sentence or paragraph or section be improved, even a little? That is, can I make myself (on this very localized turf) make myself dislike it less? On the Perils of Self-Assessing...georgesaunders.substack.com · 6 Aug 2026All 6 korrents from this piece
    Their wordsCould this phrase or sentence or paragraph or section be improved, even a little? That is, can I make myself (on this very localized turf) make myself dislike it less?

    Where this was said

    ↗On the Perils of Self-Assessing...georgesaunders.substack.com

    6 Aug 2026

    All 6 korrents from this piecethis one is 4th

  2. Paul Graham Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb Don't ignore those voices. Cultivate them. The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste, plus the ability to gratify it. Taste for Makerspaulgraham.com · 1 Feb 2002
    Their wordsDon't ignore those voices. Cultivate them. The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste, plus the ability to gratify it.

    ↗Taste for Makerspaulgraham.com

    1 Feb 2002

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