Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

For each mouth, a different soup.

For each mouth, a different soup.

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.

We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an read more

We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one.

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

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.

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.

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.