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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

For each mouth, a different soup.

For each mouth, a different soup.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

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

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

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.