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I absolutely loathe luxury. It is the one thing I cannot stand.

Status-driven, conspicuous consumption thrives from the language of novelty.

I will go out of my way to avoid the shopping crowds and the extreme consumerism - I hate all that.

Where consumption is both conspicuous and competitive, humanity will never run out of new wishes. All the while, industry creates new desires that are marketed, in the great fashion paradox, as both novelty and need.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

I'm not a consumer. I hate buying clothes. I don't have a mobile. I just don't need things. I don't like things.

I am not a person who pursues luxury. I am not like those people who, once they have money, compulsively squander it or show it off.

Consumerism is so weird. It's a sort of conspiracy we collude in. You'd think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You know that the manufacturers are trying to have you on.

To me, it's impolite to go out shopping with no money.

What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives.