“Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted”

“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.”

“Be kind to dragons, for thou art crunchy when toasted and taste good with ketchup. (Sebastian)”

“Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there's kitsch, schlock, camp, and porn.”

“Be kind to dragonswans, for thou art gorgeous when naked and taste good with cool whip. (Channon)”

“When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life, and it is only fair that one has to pay dearly for having assaulted men and things in this manner with Yes and No. Everything is arranged so that the worst of tastes, the taste for the unconditional, should be cruelly fooled and abused until a man learns to put a little art into his feelings and rather to risk trying even what is artificial — as the real artists of life do.”