“By the late Nineties, we had become a more visual nation. Big-money taste moved to global standards - new architecture, design and show-off contemporary art. The Sloane domestic aesthetic - symmetry, class symbolism and brown furniture - became as unfashionable as it had been hot in the early Eighties.” ArtShowsBigsNationsClassDesignTasteLateStandardsHotMovedArchitectureContemporaryVisualsBrownAestheticFurnitureEightySymbolismShowing OffSymmetryContemporary ArtArchitecture Design Author:Peter York
“I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.” MeanIdeasInspirationOpinionDesignPersonalityTasteCreatingCraftsFabric Author:Olivier Theyskens
“Perfume has a long and fascinating history and the beautifully crafted bottles used to store it over the centuries demonstrate its importance. Each has mirrored the latest tastes in fashion technology, design and art.” LongArtUsedTechnologyCenturyFashionDesignTasteImportanceStoresFascinatingBottlesPerfumeDesign And Art Author:Judith Miller
“There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.” ArtGenerationsFashionDesignTasteDemandClothesHeavyAppetiteMediocrity Author:Paul Gauguin
“I believe that architects should design gardens to be used, as much as the houses they build, to develop a sense of beauty and the taste and inclination toward the fine arts and other spiritual values.” ShouldBelieveArtSpiritualUsedValuesHouseI BelieveDesignFineTasteGardenArchitectInclinationFine ArtsSpiritual Values Author:Luis Barragan
“It's not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering spots.” DoneArtistSocialCommunitySpaceRoomsDesignBuildingColorPrideTasteSpotsGatheringHistoricLiving RoomRestoringBad Taste Author:Genevieve Gorder
“I think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my taste in design and in clothes, and even affects the way I approach music. I'm all about keeping things simple, and minimal, but being able to convey something powerful through that approach.” ThinkingWayPhilosophyAbleSimplePowerfulStyleDesignTasteApproachClothesUltimateSimplicitySophisticationLess Is More Author:G-Eazy
“The success factor is a combination of intuition and honestly, it's mostly only intuition. A design business is inherently dependent upon the intuition of its chief designer. Luckily I have a track record that if you show me five pairs of shoes I will almost always pick the one pair that will sell the best. It's just a gift I have for mass taste - a link with what people want in a certain moment in time.” PeopleIfsWantMomentsShowsCertainRecordsFiveDesignTasteMassPicksSellsShoesTrackIntuitionHonestlyFactorsChiefsCombinationDesignerDependentPairsLinksShow MeMoments In TimePair Of ShoesTrack Record Author:Monita Rajpal
“I'm designing what I want. If it's a man's coat with a pair of skinny-leg jeans, I'll do that. It's whatever my mood is. But it's about style, and it's about an understated taste that's cool.” IfsMenWantStyleDesignTasteLegsMoodPairsCoatsJeansSkinnyUnderstated Author:Ralph Lauren
“I believe that bad taste is vulgar. It's like cursing. I think the world can be saved through design, because what is the most distasteful thing someone can do? Kill someone. So, good taste is the opposite of that.” ThinkingWorldBelieveI BelieveCan DoDesignTasteOppositesSavedVulgarGood TasteCursingBad TasteDistasteful Author:Kanye West
“When talking with a set designer the dialogue is more centered on locations, interior design, what I like and what doesn't work. There is a certain taste I'm drawn to and feel inspired by, and finding that inspiration is what keeps the conversation moving forward.” FeelsInspirationMovingCertainTalkingDesignTasteConversationFindingsInspiredDialogueMoving ForwardDesignerLocationInteriorsInterior Design Author:Marc Forster
“What I love about directing is finding common ground in complementary palate with wardrobe, set design, the camera department, the makeup department, et cetera. I love figuring out that synergy. To have everything work in concert is amazing, I love working with that kind of logic. Directing is a cavalcade of taste decisions - this one or that one, but I raather enjoy it and am in the process of setting up the next endeavor.” KindNextProcessEnjoyDecisionCommonDesignTasteFindingsLogicCamerasSettingSettingsDepartmentMakeupEndeavorConcertsWardrobeCommon GroundPalateSynergyComplementary Author:Billy Zane
“I'm not too fond of really cool design. I've got quite kitsch taste really, in things like tableware. I'm quite a sucker for 1930s pressed glass.” DesignTasteGlassesReally CoolSucker1930sKitsch Author:Kevin McCloud
“Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.” LiteratureDesignGeniusTastePreservesFollySublimeGood SenseBad Taste Author:Alexander Pope
“My stylist has really great taste - Petra Flannery has really great taste. I mean, I am opinionated, and as time goes on, as I've gotten to see more dresses or more clothes, it's easier to say, 'I like that' or 'I don't like that,' but it's nothing I would ever, you know, design.” KnowsMeanDesignGoes OnEasierTasteClothesDressesReally GreatStylistOpinionatedTime Goes OnPetra Author:Emma Stone
“Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.” ThinkingMayDesignTasteQuietConnectionsSilentStampsAmbassadorsSwaggerSwagPostagePostage Stamps Author:William Butler Yeats
“How is the birdhouse coming along, Charlie Brown?" "Well, I'm a lousy carpenter, I can't nail straight, I can't saw straight and I always split the wood... I'm nervous, I lack confidence, I'm stupid, I have poor taste and absolutely no sense of design... So, all things considered, it's coming along okay!” WellsI CanPoorSawsStupidDesignTasteAll ThingsOkayWoodsNervousBrownSplitsNailsCharlieCarpenterPoor Taste Author:Charles M. Schulz
“I buy wine according to the bottle design. After I get down the first glass it all tastes okay to me so I figure you go for something classy to look at on the table” FirstsLooksFiguresDesignTasteOkayTablesWineGlassesBottles Book:Janet Evanovich 3-Book Variety Summer Bundle: The Heist, Wicked Business, Smokin' Seventeen Source: Janet Evanovich 3-Book Variety Summer Bundle: The Heist, Wicked Business, Smokin' Seventeen