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Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.

I periodically realize every few years that the only person whose taste I really trust is me.

Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.

All tastes have the quality of being in some way artificial and invented. The secret of life is to have enough detachment from your tastes and your values to see that they are a little bit absurd.

Ultimately, taste is so niche and so personal.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.

We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.

I'm a great believer in the idea of not choosing based on our taste.

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.