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Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.

David Ogilvy

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.
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Creative Genius Leaving Reputation Surround Yourself
There is no need for advertisements to look like advertisements. If you make them look like editorial pages, you will attract about 50 per cent more readers.
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Advertisement Editor Need Yourself
The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.
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Advertisement Believe Power Sale
Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image.
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Advertisement Brand Complex Contribution Image
What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it.
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Advertisement Important Yourself
Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose the vast majority of editors are incorruptible.
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Advertisement Corruption Editor
If it doesn’t sell, it isn’t creative.
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Creative Sale
Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.
DAVID OGILVY

Goal Hire Leaving People Remark Settle Yourself
Political advertising ought to be stopped. It’s the only really dishonest kind of advertising that’s left. It’s totally dishonest.
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Advertisement Honesty Politics Stop
Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.
DAVID OGILVY

Advertising Economy Enemy Freedom Person Removal Society Transformation
The headline is the ‘ticket on the meat.’ Use it to flag down readers who are prospects for the kind of product you are advertising.
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Advertisement Head Kind Product Reading Ticket
Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.
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Advertisement Evil Limitation
Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that mine are new advertising campaigns.
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Advertisement Campaign Exception Live Wife World
There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we can find. Almost without exception they are disagreeable. Don’t destroy them. They lay golden eggs.
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Agency Egg Genius Gold Man
Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals.
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Advertising Dangerous Enemy Ignorance Research Signal
Leaders grasp nettles.
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Grasp Leadership One Liner

Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.

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Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.

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