I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the read more

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years read more

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.

There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.

Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.

Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and read more

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.

Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy.

Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy.