The essential often eludes words, but Conrad was able to brilliantly express what Domínguez Lledó was striving to exemplify each day: “The moral side of a business, the ideal and redemptive aspect of earning a living, lies in achieving and maintaining the highest skill possible among its artisans. Such skill—the skill of technique—is more than honesty; it is something broader, an elevated and clear feeling that is not entirely utilitarian, encompassing honesty, grace, and the principle that could be called the honour of work. It is composed of accumulated tradition, kept alive by individual pride, made precise by professional opinion, and, like the noblest arts, stimulated and sustained by informed praise.”