Brutes Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Luxury is...to be able to take control of one's life, health, and the pursuit of happiness in a way that is joyful.

— Andre Leon Talley

“Man is not a being whose exclusive purpose in life is eating, drinking, and providing a shelter for himself. As soon as his material…

— Pyotr Kropotkin

Today, luxury resides in everything that is becoming rare: communion with nature, silence, meditation, slowness rediscovered, the pleasure of living out of step with…

— Pascal Bruckner

Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends

— Coco Chanel

“To us, the argument for material well-being might seem uncontroversial. But in the eighteenth century, material prosperity was frequently condemned as "luxury" by religious…

— Jerry Z. Muller

“luxury   generally prevails in prosperity, and wastes the blessings of God,”

— John Calvin

The luxury of today is the necessity of tomorrow. Every advance first comes into being as the luxury of a few rich people, only…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Luxury is dangerous to people who have never known it and to whom its temptations are held out too suddenly. [...] Just as the…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Luxury is a difficult object to describe - it's been the object of hundreds of years of discussion. We definitely don't need it, but…

— Antoine Arnault

Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity

— Coco Chanel

Luxury is anything you don't need, right? I mean, you need food, water, clothing, shelter... but good wine, good food, beautiful interiors, nice clothes;…

— Marc Jacobs

Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.

— Francis Quarles