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There is no accounting for taste and no taste for accounting.
There is no accounting for taste and no taste for accounting.
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.
Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to read more
I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
Taste cannot be controlled by law.
Taste cannot be controlled by law.
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 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.
Cinnamon bites and kisses simultaneously.
Cinnamon bites and kisses simultaneously.
have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.