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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach.

One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach.

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap read more

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.

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.

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.