Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

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

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

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.

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.