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.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

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.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist.

Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

Taste: a quality possessed by persons without originality or moral courage.

Taste: a quality possessed by persons without originality or moral courage.

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.