Consumer value in aesthetics falls into two categories: simple sensory pleasure (the ability to say 'I like that') and meaning (people associate valuable meanings with aesthetic elements, which vary over time, across cultures, and across individuals).

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Virginia Postrel

Evidence Quote

People enjoy things that are sensorially and emotionally gratifying more than they do things that are merely functional.

Source

Virginia Postrel on Style 11/27/2006EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 10:31:39 AM

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