Erle Stanley Gardner Quotes

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

There are no fixed notions on what I should pick up or follow, it has to first appeal to me.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.

I think good taste is completely subjective. If you enjoy something, that's great! Enjoy it, and don't let anyone tell you not to.

My stuff isn't for everyone.

Ultimately, taste is so niche and so personal.

I periodically realize every few years that the only person whose taste I really trust is me.

I don't think you should criticize people's music because maybe it just isn't for you.

Each man is led by his own liking.

To appreciate a work of art, is it okay to like what you like, and the heck with the art critics and experts? Absolutely.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like.

A person's taste is as much his own peculiar concern as his opinion or his purse.

Everyone asks, 'What's your favorite trend?' And I never answer that.

I will say that over the years I've been associated with things that were well-reviewed that I wasn't particularly crazy about, and I've been in things that didn't get very good reviews that I was rather fond of.

I have an opinion. I have my own taste.

There's a lot of music that I don't like.

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

The fact is that you're never gonna believe any of the reviews, because the movie is to you what it is to you. No one's ever gonna sway you from what you feel about it.

I think one of the most boring things is a person's taste.

I don't know if I have good style; I just know what I like.

Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.

We live in a world where we often get told what we should and shouldn't do. I don't think we should worry so much.

I'm gonna make what I want to make, and other people are gonna like what they're gonna like. It doesn't really matter.

Of course, design is a very personal thing: what I like, you may not like.

Taste is idiosyncratic, so I don't love everything people recommend me, and I don't love everything my friends love.