Taste Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old taste quotes, taste sayings, and taste proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Taste is the common sense of genius. Victor Hugo
A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long. Eugene Delacroix
Rules of taste enforce structures of power. Susan Sontag
Taste is nothing but a delicate good sense. Joseph Chenier
Taste is so much more important than fashion. Hattie Carnegie
Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. Mason Cooley
We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good. Robbie Robertson
No taste is so acquired as that for someone else's quality of mind. Cyril Connolly
Taste is the literary conscience of the soul. Joseph Joubert
Taste is the feminine of genius. Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Errors of taste are very often the outward sign of a deep fault of sensibility. Jonathan Miller
Taste in comedy, like fashion, changes all the time. Steve Carell
Taste cannot be controlled by law. Thomas Jefferson
Taste has no system and no proofs. Susan Sontag
Taste is pursued at a less expense than fashion. William Shenstone
Good taste rejects excessive nicety. Francois Fenelon
All tastes are expressions of belief. Zadie Smith
Taste begins when appetite is satisfied. Bernard Berenson