"The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through the process, and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work, and are brought together"
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The intent is pragmatic and protective. By elevating "skills and confidence" over the "finished product", Edwards gives permission to beginners, amateurs, and burnt-out pros to value the messy middle - the rehearsals, drafts, mistakes, and do-overs that rarely make it to the feed. It reads like a manifesto against perfectionism, but also against the marketplace logic that asks art to justify itself in likes, tickets, or flawless execution.
The subtext is social: the process isn't just personally therapeutic; it's civic. "Community is strengthened" is doing heavy lifting here, suggesting that the real payoff of creative work is relational infrastructure - people learning to trust each other, share space, swap feedback, show up. In entertainment, where collaboration is constant but often transactional, "brought together" hints at something less extractive: making things as a way to belong.
Contextually, this feels tailored to workshops, local arts scenes, youth programs, or community theatre - spaces where the output might be uneven, but the stakes are human. It's an argument that the rehearsal room can matter more than the stage.
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| Topic | Team Building |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Edwards, Ben. (2026, February 18). The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through the process, and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work, and are brought together. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-finished-product-is-often-of-less-importance-57779/
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Edwards, Ben. "The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through the process, and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work, and are brought together." FixQuotes. February 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-finished-product-is-often-of-less-importance-57779/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through the process, and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work, and are brought together." FixQuotes, 18 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-finished-product-is-often-of-less-importance-57779/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
