Most of the comments here are in regards to maintainability and conciseness. There are comments like: quality code is elegant. But saying that code is "elegan

Most of the comments here are in regards to maintainability and conciseness. There are comments like: quality code is elegant. But saying that code is "elegant" is the same as "quality". Can the person who writes the code be the authority on whether it is quality code? If one of the most important aspects of quality code is how easy it is to maintain or extend. Shouldn't it follow that code shouldn't be considered good until it's maintained or extended.