Be prolific
&quot;Quantity leads to quality.&quot;<p>The analogy of being graded on quantity in an art class tends to make me imagine I&#x27;d just line up a ton of canvases and slop paint on them all at once to be the top of the class, or create pots in only their crudest acceptable form.<p>That is, quantity does not lead to quality by itself. The student must be trying to learn something new with each new piece. Quantity iterates the feedback loop. The student still must  be able to identify mistakes or areas where improvement is needed. Doing that means paying attention to quality.<p>So it&#x27;s not really about ignoring quantity or quality for the sake of the other, but finding a good balance.