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“Taste is a phenomenon. Most of taste is unconscious - it comes from your upbringing, from your family, from your society, your gender, your race; it's a melange of all those things.”

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Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry is a British artist renowned for his ceramic works and television programs. His works often delve into social issues such as gender, class, and consumerism. Perry has gained widespread recognition in the art world and among the public with his unique style and profound insights. more

“The basic premise of taste, as Stephen Bayley, the cultural critic, said, is that taste is that which does not alienate your peers. Most people want to fit in with their tribe in some way or another, so they give off signals, whether it's with their clothes, their behavior, their car, their whatever, and gain status. Every tribe has a hierarchy, and that's what taste is: it's an unconscious display of who you are, and where you want to be.”

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“I'm concerned with not ever being fashionable.”

Concerned Fashionable

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“If you're in the culture business, you're not so locked in to your class, or you can have fun with it.”

Culture Fun Having Fun

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“I always say to people if you want to see what Britain looks like, watch Gogglebox. It's brilliant and funny and warm and clever.”

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