--- title: "8 Think Taste Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Think Taste quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Think Taste sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/charles-finch-18473_apartment_i-don-t-think-taste-is-about-money-as-yo_37668.jpg" --- > [I don't think taste is about money. As your career develops, you're able to decide what to spend your money on. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-finch/i-don-t-think-taste-is-about-money-as-your-career-develops-you-re/) [Charles Finch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-finch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/charles-finch-18473_apartment_i-don-t-think-taste-is-about-money-as-yo_37668.jpg) > [“Giddy with each other and the wine, they strolled outside through the Presidio, the old fort now housing restaurants and galleries. Jess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allegra-goodman/giddy-with-each-other-and-the-wine-they-strolled-outside-through-the/) [Allegra Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allegra-goodman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/allegra-goodman-11384_jess-and-george_giddy-with-each-other-and-the-wine-they_44303.jpg) > [“Hackworth took a bite of his sandwich, correctly anticipating that the meat would be gristly and that he would have plenty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/hackworth-took-a-bite-of-his-sandwich-correctly-anticipating-that-the/) [Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/neal-stephenson-362_autumn-leaves_hackworth-took-a-bite-of-his-sandwich-co_736364.jpg) > [I do think of myself as a taste-maker, yes, absolutely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-rupture/i-do-think-of-myself-as-a-taste-maker-yes-absolutely/) [DJ /rupture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-rupture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/dj-rupture-48357_makers_i-do-think-of-myself-as-a-taste-maker-ye_1699694.jpg) > [“I think “taste” is a social concept and not an artistic one. I’m willing to show good taste, if I can, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/i-think-taste-is-a-social-concept-and-not-an-artistic-one-i-m-willing/) [John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/john-updike-396_life_i-think-taste-is-a-social-concept-and-no_2001226.jpg) > [“Seasonality (eating the best at its peak) and seasoning (the art of choosing and combining flavors to complement food) are vital for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mireille-guiliano/seasonality-eating-the-best-at-its-peak-and-seasoning-the-art-of/) [Mireille Guiliano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mireille-guiliano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/mireille-guiliano-10626_art_seasonality-eating-the-best-at-its-peak_2568886.jpg) > [I don't think that taste should be the decider of moral issues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-menand/i-don-t-think-that-taste-should-be-the-decider-of-moral-issues/) [Louis Menand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-menand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/louis-menand-8583_issues_i-don-t-think-that-taste-should-be-the-d_2801846.png) > [“Perhaps you see, therefore, why I think taste must come before nutrition? Our infatuation for the quasi-scientific has left us easy marks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/perhaps-you-see-therefore-why-i-think-taste-must-come-before/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/robert-farrar-capon-4404_easy_perhaps-you-see-therefore-why-i-think-ta_2915648.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-taste/#itemlist", "name": "Think Taste Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think taste is about money. As your career develops, you're able to decide what to spend your money on. I live in a really small apartment in London, and that's a choice. I live at The Carlyle in New York, but it's not big. It's about making choices of style over flashiness. 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Sweetness means different things depending on availability, custom, farming, trade...\" She was shivering, and George took off his jacket. \"Here, sweetness.\" He helped her into it and laughed at the way her hands disappeared inside the sleeves. \"Context is key- so the question is, What carries over? What can we still know about sweet and sour? Bitterness. What persists from generation to generation? 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He did have plenty of time, as it turned out; but as frequently happened to him in these situations, he could not bring his mind to bear on the subject at hand. All he could think about was the taste of the sauce. 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I’m willing to show good taste, if I can, in somebody else’s living room, but our reading life is too short for a writer to be in any way polite. Since his words enter into another’s brain in silence and intimacy, he should be as honest and explicit as we are with ourselves.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Updike" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/i-think-taste-is-a-social-concept-and-not-an-artistic-one-i-m-willing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/john-updike-396_life_i-think-taste-is-a-social-concept-and-no_2001226.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/john-updike-396_life_i-think-taste-is-a-social-concept-and-no_2001226.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/john-updike-396_life_i-think-taste-is-a-social-concept-and-no_2001226.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think “taste” is a social concept and not an artistic one. 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