“Without taste genius is only a sublime kind of folly. That sure touch which the lyre gives back the right note and nothing more, is even a rarer gift than the creative faculty itself.” GivingKindCreativeStyleGeniusTasteNotesFollyFacultySublimeGiving Back Author:Bill Vaughan
“Nothing so effectually deadens the taste of the sublime as that which is light and radiant.” LightTasteSublimeRadiant Author:Edmund Burke
“It is that faculty by which we discover and enjoy the beautiful, the picturesque, and the sublime in literature, art, and nature; which recognizes a noble thought, as a virtuous mind welcomes a pure sentiment by a involuntary glow of satisfaction. But while the principle of perception is inherent in the soul, it requires a certain amount of knowledge to draw out and direct it.” MindArtSoulBeautifulCertainLiteratureEnjoyPrinciplesAmountTastePurePerceptionDrawsDirectSatisfactionNobleFacultySentimentsVirtuousInherentSublimeInvoluntaryPicturesque Author:Robert Aris Willmott
“Profound meditation in solitude and silence frequently exalts the mind above its natural tone, fires the imagination, produces the most refined and sublime conceptions. The soul then tastes the purest and most refined delight, and almost loses the idea of existence in the intellectual pleasure it receives. The mind on every motion darts through space into eternity; and raised, in its free enjoyment of its powers by its own enthusiasm, strengthens itself in the habitude of contemplating the noblest subjects, and of adopting the most heroic pursuits.” MindIdeasSoulLosesImaginationNaturalSpacePleasureExistenceSilenceFireMeditationSubjectsProduceTasteSolitudeIntellectualEternityProfoundRaisedDelightPursuitEnthusiasmToneEnjoymentConceptionHeroicContemplatingSublimeRefinedAdoptingDarts Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
“Taste is, in general, considered as that faculty of the human mind by which we perceive and enjoy whatever is beautiful or sublime in the works of nature or art.” MindHumansArtBeautifulEnjoyTastePerceiveFacultyHuman MindSublime Author:Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet
“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
“Most inexperienced cooks believe, mistakenly, that a fine cake is less challenging to produce than a fine souffle or mousse. I know, however, that a good cake is like a good marriage: from the outside, it looks ordinary, sometimes unremarkable, yet cut into it, taste it, and you know that it is nothing of the sort. It is the sublime result oflong and patient experience, a confection whose success relies on a profound understanding of compatibilities and tastes; on a respect for measurement, balance, chemistry and heat; on a history of countless errors overcome.” KnowsBelieveLooksSometimesUnderstandingChallengesResultsCuttingProduceFineBalanceTasteOrdinaryOvercomingErrorsProfoundPatientCooksHeatRelyChemistryCakeSublimeMeasurementGood MarriageCompatibilitySouffle Author:Julia Glass