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.

Taste is, so to speak, the microscope of the judgment.

Taste is, so to speak, the microscope of the judgment.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.