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The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.

Deciding taste is egotistical, but that's how taste is established, by somebody having the courage to say, 'I don't want to sell that.'

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

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

Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

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

It's hard to run away from who you are, and when your taste is formed is a very important thing.