Good taste

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The man who insists on high and serious pleasures is depriving himself of pleasure; he continually restricts what he can enjoy; in the constant exercise of his good taste he will eventually price himself out of the market, so to speak.

Susan Sontag

Notes on Camp

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Good taste Taste

Author

Susan Sontag

Source

Notes on Camp Against Interpretation

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Sontag, Susan. "Notes on 'Camp.'" Partisan Review, Fall 1964.

Between good sense and good taste there is the same difference as between cause and effect.

Jean de La Bruyere

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Good taste Taste

Author

Jean de La Bruyere

Source

The Characters, or The Manners of the Age

Language

French

Time

1688 1680s 17th century

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Citation

De La Bruyere, Jean. "Des jugements [Of Judgement]." Les Caracteres ou Les Moeurs de Ce Siecle [The Characters or The Manners of the Age]. Paris: Chez Estienne Michallet, 1688.