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

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

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.

Taste is the enemy of creativeness.

Taste is the enemy of creativeness.

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

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

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

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

No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

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.

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.

There is no accounting for taste and no taste for accounting.

There is no accounting for taste and no taste for accounting.