Hanya Yanagihara

When we think of India, most of us are in fact thinking of Rajasthan, that large splotch of dun-colored desert in the country's northwest which, from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, was ruled by a succession of maharajas whose sense of color, opulence, and splendor created the most enduring images of India in the West.

American Novelist

Annabelle Wallis

The opulence and grandeur of a lot of period drama really helps you get into character and appreciate the luxury of good quality. If you're fashion-minded in any way, you can't help but be incredibly inspired and apply elements to your own style.

English Actress

Adam Smith

Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.

Scottish Economist

David Ricardo

If the demand for home commodities should be diminished, because of the fall of rent on the part of the landlords, it will be increased in a far greater degree by the increased opulence of the commercial classes.

British Economist

Matthew Williamson

I wanted to create a bridal collection that is both a natural extension of the mainline eveningwear but, at the same time, reflects the opulence of such an important celebratory event.

British Designer

Doug Larson

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none.

American Journalist

Dan Jenkins

The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.

American Author

Roger Stone

Plush velvet conjures up kings and opulence.

American Politician

Marcel Wanders

Dutch Designer

Opulence describes a high level of wealth, more than just comfortable or well-off, indicating abundance.

Wealth Extent

Use 'opulence' to describe settings or objects that show extravagance and high-end luxury.

Luxurious Setting

'Opulence' can be subjective; what seems opulent to one may not to another, based on personal experience.

Subjective View

 but by participation. But I want to be clear, just as the religious Reformation did not spell the end to the formal Church or to the priesthood; I believe that our artistic institutions will continue to have importance. They currently are the best opportunities for artists to have lives of economic dignity -- not opulence, of dignity.

Ben Cameron: The true...

 not spell the end to the formal church or to the priesthood I believe that our artistic institutions will continue to have importance they currently are the best opportunities for artists to have lives of economic dignity not opulence of dignity and they are the places where artists who deserve and want to work at

The true power of the...

 thought that that was much more honest and I thought also kind of visually obviously it was much more interesting to have that look for the poorer people contrasting with the opulence of the of the priests and of the the regal power their roadie and her family and indeed