Quote#Speech
Taste is one of the weaker words in our language. It means a little…
Quote byLouis Sullivan · 1856–1924
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Kindergarten Chats (1918), Ch. 10 : A Roman Temple.
English (original)
Taste is one of the weaker words in our language. It means a little less than something, a little more than nothing; certainly it conveys no suggestion of potency. It savors of accomplishment, in the fashionable sense, not of power to accomplish in the creative sense.
— Louis Sullivan
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