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.

Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.

Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

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.

Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste.

Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste.

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.

We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an read more

We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one.

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.

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.