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.

Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times -- in water, in butter and in wine.

Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times -- in water, in butter and in wine.

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

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

Taste is the feminine of genius.

Taste is the feminine of genius.

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 cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

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.