Giambattista Valli Quotes

Give me anything that moves my heart, that gives me goosebumps.

A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.

I couldn't have cared less about Gucci when I first went there - but soon after I arrived, I cared a lot.

People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.

I have those songs as well. It depends on what I'm going through in my life but I'm a huge fan of Bjork. Sometimes I get so emotional because she's so amazing.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

When you are having fun and creating something you love, it shows in the product. So when a woman is sifting through a rack of clothes, somehow that piece of clothing that you had so much fun designing speaks to her; she responds to it and buys it. I believe you can actually transfer that energy to material things as you're creating them.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

I learned that most people buy based on emotion, not on a rational breakdown of the product or service.

An object should elicit desire, and often it happens not because people need it but because they love it.

If I don't feel it when I'm sitting there, if it doesn't give me the feeling I got when I heard 'Pony' or 'So Anxious' or 'In Those Jeans,' I scrap it.

I strongly believe in 'if it catches my eye, it's something I'd buy.'

What I always do is go with the stories that put up the hair on the back of my neck or make me cry or make me laugh.

Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.

There are two things that really move me: music and acting. And I'm not talking about my music or watching myself as an actor, but listening to other people's music and watching other actors. There are so many different songs that have moved me. It all depends upon the mood that I'm in at that moment.

I don't know why people see the things that they do. I wouldn't pay to see them, they don't touch me or move me in any way.

The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning.

Love or hatred towards a thing, which we conceive to be free, must, other things being similar, be greater than if it were felt towards a thing acting by necessity.

I hate to shop. I consider it one of life's necessary evils, like brussels sprouts and high-heeled shoes.

There is nothing, in itself, valuable or despicable, desirable or hateful, beautiful or deformed; but that these attributes arise from the particular constitution and fabric of human sentiment and affection.

A man will never love you or treat you as well as a store. If a man doesn't fit, you can't exchange him seven days later for a gorgeous cashmere sweater. And a store always smells good. A store can awaken a lust for things you never even knew you needed. And when your fingers first grasp those shiny, new bags...

Only when you are moved by a painting should you buy it. Being moved is what collecting is all about.

I just can't stand it [jazz/rock]. It just doesn't sound right to me. It doesn't hit me...it doesn't get me...it just doesn't grab me.

What's wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.

I'm into grilled cheese. Grilled cheese makes me feel beautiful!