Consumerism Quote by Ellen Willis

Mass consumption, advertising, and mass art are a corporate Frankenstein; while they reinforce the system, they also undermine it. By continually pushing the message…

— Ellen Willis

Consumer society tantalises us. We then try within ourselves to control the needs that are being constantly stimulated.

— Susie Orbach

We live in a society which on the one hand pressurizes us into the pursuit of instant gratification, and the other hand imposes on…

— Terry Eagleton

If, as consumers, we can change our mindset so that we see gnarled, twisted, lumpy or otherwise imperfect produce as beautiful, we can create…

— Dana Cowin

...the tragedy of consumerism: one acquires more and more things without taking the time to ever see and know them, and thus one never…

— Brian D. McLaren

The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.

— Bryant H. McGill

All of my work is meant to evoke a whole bunch of different layers of discord between the attraction and repulsion that we feel…

— Chris Jordan

“If consumers found fulfillment at any meaningful level, she extemporized, corpocracy would be finished.”

— David Mitchell

The reward of commercial civilization is the ability to consume a never-ending array of products.There are limits beyond which commodities cannot be multiplied without…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.

— Aloe Blacc

Consumers need more insight into the goods and services they purchase. Businesses need to produce those goods and services more sustainably.

— Arancha Gonzalez

“In our consumer culture, we always want the next best thing: the latest, the newest, the youngest. Failing that, we at least want more:…

— Esther Perel