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.

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

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

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

Taste is the feminine of genius.

Taste is the feminine of genius.

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.

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.

For each mouth, a different soup.

For each mouth, a different soup.

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

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

There is no accounting for taste and no taste for accounting.

There is no accounting for taste and no taste for accounting.