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.

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is alwways the first handicap read more

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is alwways the first handicap to any creative functioning.

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.

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

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

Taste is the feminine of genius.

Taste is the feminine of genius.

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.

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

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

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.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.