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

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

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.