Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.

Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.

There is no accounting for taste and no taste for accounting.

There is no accounting for taste and no taste for accounting.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is alwways the first handicap read more

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is alwways the first handicap to any creative functioning.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be read more

Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine.

That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness -- someone else always suffers for them.

That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness -- someone else always suffers for them.

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.