Objections to verbification in English tend to be motivated by personal taste, not clarity. Verbed words are usually easily understood. When a… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
The [Nobel] prize is for literature.[Bob] Dylan is a songwriter. Here is where the argument starts to get interesting, because here is… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
The great problem was the selection of the readymade. I needed to choose an object without it impressing me: that is to… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
Bars need to be conceived and built for the local audience, not the personal tastes of the owner. Huge mistakes are made… — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
My Ready-Mades have nothing to do with the 'objet trouve' because the so-called 'found object' is completely directed by personal taste. Personal… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I would say that I'm a really eclectic music lover, so I love the fact that one month I will be doing… — Christopher Lennertz Copy Share Image
The influence of friendship upon culture differs from that of love, in that it assumes the basic idiosyncrasies of personal taste to… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
We must all beware the very real and understandable human tendency to ignore or subvert facts, and findings of science, that discomfort… — William R. Brody Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I really go with my personal taste and with what's on the page in terms of… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
“I had no interest in football or basketball but had learned it was best to pretend otherwise. If a boy didn’t care… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
In fact, I don't advocate any particular diet for anyone. I think that's a very personal decision that people have to make.… — Bryant Terry Copy Share Image
“Fashion and snobbery are also valuable as a defense against literary indigestion. Regardless of their quality, it is always better to read… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
In one sense, you put a lot of yourself into a small press - it's your personal tastes that are on the… — Andrew Latimer Copy Share Image
'Environment' is not an abstract concern, or simply a matter of aesthetics, or of personal taste - although it can and should… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Even personal tastes are learned, in the matrix of a culture or a subculture in which we grow up, by very much… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image