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

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

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.

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.

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.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach.

One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach.

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

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

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.

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.