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Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.
Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.
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.
Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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.
Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times -- in water, in butter and in wine.
Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times -- in water, in butter and in wine.
No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
Bad taste is a species of bad morals.
Bad taste is a species of bad morals.
Taste is the feminine of genius.
Taste is the feminine of genius.
