Art Quote by Susan Sontag

“In an affluent society there ought to be an income floor under every man below which society will not allow him to go –…

— Pierre Berton

Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Things that come from the private sector are in abundant supply; things that depend on the public sector are widely a problem. We're a…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the spirit. The…

— Eric Sevareid

In the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

The affluent society has built well in terms of economic progress, but has neglected the protection of the very water we drink as well…

— Frank Church

One of the advantages of being born in an affluent society is that if one has any intelligence at all, one will realize that…

— Tenzin Palmo

The untalented are more at ease in a society that gives them valid alibis for not achieving than in one where opportunities are abundant.…

— Eric Hoffer

“The Affluent Society not only changed the way the country viewed itself, but gave new phrases to the language: Conventional wisdom, the bland leading…

— Amartya Sen

But most Canadians have recognized to a greater or lesser extent that despite much of the so-called progress of the affluent society, essential ingredients…

— Alex Campbell

Kids are really tougher than adults, but we tend to forget this in an affluent society that lets kids indulge themselves.

— Cynthia Voigt

Only thanks to Pop Art, my painting has become understandable.

— Domenico Gnoli