Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

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.

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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