Quotes by Haydon, Benjamin

When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for >>

Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting >>

The only legitimate artists in England are the architects. >>

Quotations about Taste

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a >>

Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which sub >>

Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only a >>

One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting. The man who can look at impassioned subjects of terror with a feeling of exultation may be certain he has an elevated taste.

Haydon, Benjamin