Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties.
The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.
Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.
In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste.
One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.
Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.
Good taste is death; vulgarity is life.
Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.
Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.