Ants Quote by Edith Wharton

Society is the offspring of leisure; and to acquire this forms the only rational motive for accumulating wealth, notwithstanding the cant that prevails on…

— Henry Theodore Tuckerman

A work of art wastes away and becomes lustreless in surroundings where it has a price but not a value. It radiates only when…

— Ernst Junger

... in the fierce competition ofmodern society the only class left in the country possessing leisure is that of women supported in easy circumstances…

— Mrs H O Ward

“Wealth is created when we use existing resources in new ways. Since such creativity is virtually limitless, wealth is too.”

— Mary J. Ruwart

“In the economies of late capitalism leisure displaces labor, consumption displaces production, and commodities become the instruments of leisure, identity, and social relations.”

— John Fiske

Energy and imagination are the springboards to wealth creation.

— Brian Tracy

Leisure and the cultivation of human capacities are inextricably interdependent.

— Margaret Mead

“Participation in an art, although unrewarded by wealth or fame...is a way to make one's soul grow.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

To devote yourself to the creation and enjoyment of beauty, then, can be a serious business-not always necessarily a means of escaping reality, but…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

The presence of excessive wealth puts an unnatural spin on the appreciation of art.

— Steve Martin

When your creative expressions match the needs of you fellow humans, then wealth will spontaneously manifest.

— Deepak Chopra

Although wealth may not bring happiness, the immediate prospect of it provides a wonderfully close imitation.

— Patrick O'Brian