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Notable quotes about advertising

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A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself.[1]

— David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather

Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.[2]

— William Bernbach, Co-founder of DDB William Bernbach, Co-founder of DDB

Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell.[3]

— Seth Godin, Author and Marketing Executive

Dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable.[4]

— Leo Burnett, Founder of Leo Burnett Worldwide Leo Burnett, Founder of Leo Burnett Worldwide

Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.[5]

— Leo Burnett, Founder of Leo Burnett Worldwide Leo Burnett, Founder of Leo Burnett Worldwide

Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.[6]

— Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company

There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast.[7]

— Brian Koslow, Author Brian Koslow, Author

A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is — it is what consumers tell each other it is.[8]

— Scott Cook, Co-founder of Intuit Scott Cook, Co-founder of Intuit

Tell the truth, but make the truth fascinating.[9]

— David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather

Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret... to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink.[10]

— Leo Burnett, Founder of Leo Burnett Worldwide Leo Burnett, Founder of Leo Burnett Worldwide

Content is king, but engagement is queen, and the lady rules the house![11]

— Mari Smith, Social Media Strategist Mari Smith, Social Media Strategist

The secret to marketing success is no secret at all: Word of mouth is all that matters.[12]

— Seth Godin, Author and Marketer Seth Godin, Author and Marketing Executive

Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'[13]

— Jef I. Richards, Professor of Advertising Jef I. Richards, Professor of Advertising

If dogs don't like your dog food, the packaging doesn't matter.[14]

— Stephen Denny, Business Strategist Stephen Denny, Business Strategist

Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.[15]

— Steuart Henderson Britt, Professor of Marketing Steuart Henderson Britt, Professor of Marketing

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An ad is finished only when you no longer can find a single element to remove.[16]

— Robert Fleege, Creative Director Robert Fleege, Creative Director

Advertising brings in the customers, but it is your job to keep them buying from you.[17]

— Chet Holmes, Business Growth Strategist Chet Holmes, Business Growth Strategist

Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.[18]

— William Bernbach, Co-founder of DDB William Bernbach, Co-founder of DDB

Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief.[19]

— Leo Burnett, Communications of an Advertising Man Leo Burnett, Founder of Leo Burnett Worldwide

A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself.[20]

— David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather

If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative.[21]

— David Ogilvy, Ogilvy on Advertising David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather

Advertising must respect the intelligence of its audience and if it does not prompt them to think, it will be dismissed.[22]

— Maurice Saatchi, The Saatchi & Saatchi Story Maurice Saatchi, Co-founder of Saatchi & Saatchi

It is flagrantly dishonest for an advertising agent to urge consumers to buy a product which he would not allow his own wife to buy.[23]

— David Ogilvy, Confessions of an Advertising Man David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.[24]

— David Ogilvy, Confessions of an Advertising Man David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather

Nobody who bought a drill actually wanted a drill. They wanted a hole. Therefore, if you want to sell drills, you should advertise information about making holes – NOT information about drills![25]

— Perry Marshall, 80/20 Sales and Marketing Perry Marshall, Author

Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your own family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't tell them to mine. Do as you would be done by. If you tell lies about a product, you will be found out.[26]

— David Ogilvy, Confessions of an Advertising Man David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather

Every single element in an advertisement – headline, subhead, photo, and copy – must be put there not because it looks good, not because it sounds good, but because testing has shown that it works best![27]

— John Caples, Tested Advertising Methods John Caples, Vice President of BBDO

An ad should be an appetizer, not a buffet.[28]

— Lee Clow, Media Arts Lee Clow, Chairman of TBWA\Media Arts Lab

Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees. Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should never be allowed to create them.[29]

— David Ogilvy, Confessions of an Advertising Man David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather

In good times people want to advertise; in bad times they have to.[30]

— Bruce Barton, Public Address Bruce Barton, Co-founder of BBDO

I've never found a client's business problem that could be solved solely through advertising.[31]

— Lee Clow, Art & Copy Lee Clow, Chairman of TBWA\Media Arts Lab

People screen out a lot of commercials because they open with something dull...When you advertise fire-extinguishers, open with the fire.[32]

— David Ogilvy, Confessions of an Advertising Man David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather

I am one who believes that one of the greatest dangers of advertising is not that of misleading people, but that of boring them to death.[33]

— Leo Burnett, Agency Address Leo Burnett, Founder of Leo Burnett Worldwide

No one wakes up excited to see more advertising, no one goes to sleep thinking about the ads they'll see tomorrow.[34]

— Jan Koum, Why We Don't Sell Ads Jan Koum, Co-founder of WhatsApp

There is a great deal of advertising that is much better than the product. When that happens, all that the good advertising will do is put you out of business faster.[35]

— Jerry Della Femina, Chairman of Della Femina Travisano & Partners Jerry Della Femina, Chairman of Della Femina Travisano & Partners

Nobody reads ads. People read what interests them. Sometimes, it's an ad.[36]

— Howard Gossage, The Book of Gossage Howard Gossage, Advertising Executive

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In advertising, not to be different is virtually suicidal.[37]

— Bill Bernbach, Bill Bernbach Said... Template:Bill Bernbach/attribution

The best advertising is done by satisfied customers.[38]

— Philip Kotler, Marketing Management Philip Kotler, Professor of International Marketing

Advertising tries to be a pyromaniac, igniting conflagrations of desires for instant gratification.[39]

— George Will, The Washington Post George Will, The Washington Post

References

  1. ↑ Ogilvy, David (2011) [1963]. Confessions of an Advertising Man. Southbank Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 9781904915379.
  2. ↑ "The Creative Revolutionist". The New York Times. October 3, 1982. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ Godin, Seth (2008). Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us. Portfolio/Penguin. p. 104. ISBN 978-1591842330.
  4. ↑ Burnett, Leo (1961). "The Task of the Advertising Agency". 100 Leo's: The Advertising Philosophy of Leo Burnett. Leo Burnett Company. p. 24.
  5. ↑ "The Leo Burnett Story". Leo Burnett Worldwide. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  6. ↑ Forbes, B.C. (1968). The Forbes Scrapbook of Thoughts on the Business of Life. Forbes Inc. ISBN 9780883011317.
  7. ↑ Koslow, Brian (1998). 365 Ways to Market Your Business. Dutton. ISBN 978-0525944119.
  8. ↑ Scott Cook (December 2011). "Marketing in the Age of Social Media". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  9. ↑ Ogilvy, David (1963). Confessions of an Advertising Man. Atheneum. p. 103. ISBN 978-0689102431. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  10. ↑ Burnett, Leo (1961). 100 Leo's: The Advertising Philosophy of Leo Burnett. Leo Burnett Company. p. 12.
  11. ↑ Smith, Mari (2011). The New Relationship Marketing. Wiley. p. 158. ISBN 978-1118113912.
  12. ↑ Seth Godin (January 29, 2003). "Word of mouth is all that matters". Seth's Blog. Seth Godin. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  13. ↑ Jef I. Richards (2002). "Refining the Definition of Advertising". Journal of Advertising. American Academy of Advertising.
  14. ↑ Denny, Stephen (2011). Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple the Goliath in Your Industry. Portfolio. ISBN 978-1591843849.
  15. ↑ Shapiro, Fred R. (2006). The Yale Book of Quotations. Yale University Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0300107982.
  16. ↑ Baker, Stephen (1965). The Art of Writing Advertising. Benjamin Company. p. 44.
  17. ↑ Holmes, Chet (2007). The Ultimate Sales Machine. Portfolio. p. 129. ISBN 978-1591842156.
  18. ↑ "The Creative Revolutionist". The New York Times. October 3, 1982. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  19. ↑ Burnett, Leo (1961). Communications of an Advertising Man. Privately printed. p. 51.
  20. ↑ Ogilvy, David (1963). Confessions of an Advertising Man. Atheneum. p. 96. ISBN 9780689102431. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  21. ↑ Ogilvy, David (1983). Ogilvy on Advertising. Crown Publishers. p. 7.
  22. ↑ Fallon, Ivan (1988). The Brothers: The Rise and Rise of Saatchi & Saatchi. Hutchinson. ISBN 978-0091708900.
  23. ↑ Ogilvy, David (1963). Confessions of an Advertising Man. Atheneum. p. 11.
  24. ↑ Ogilvy, David (1963). Confessions of an Advertising Man. Atheneum. p. 23.
  25. ↑ Marshall, Perry (2013). "4". 80/20 Sales and Marketing. Entrepreneur Press. ISBN 978-1599185057.
  26. ↑ Ogilvy, David (1963). Confessions of an Advertising Man. Atheneum. p. 10.
  27. ↑ Caples, John (1997). Tested Advertising Methods. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0130933607.
  28. ↑ Fast Company Staff (2012). "The Creative Mind of Lee Clow". Fast Company. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  29. ↑ Ogilvy, David (1963). Confessions of an Advertising Man. Atheneum. p. 31. ISBN 978-0860010180. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  30. ↑ Barton, Bruce (1955). "Bruce Barton Classic Quotations" (PDF). The Superlist. Christer Sundqvist. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  31. ↑ Pray, Doug (2009). "Art & Copy (2009) Documentary Quotes". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  32. ↑ Ogilvy, David (1963). Confessions of an Advertising Man. Atheneum. p. 110.
  33. ↑ Burnett, Leo (2012). 100 LEO'S: 100 Years of Leo Burnett. Leo Burnett Worldwide.
  34. ↑ Koum, Jan (2012-06-18). "Why we don't sell ads". WhatsApp Blog. WhatsApp Inc. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  35. ↑ Della Femina, Jerry (1970). From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0671205366.
  36. ↑ Gossage, Howard (1995). The Book of Gossage. Copy Workshop. ISBN 978-1887229210.
  37. ↑ Bernbach, Bill (1987). Bill Bernbach Said... DDB Needham Worldwide.
  38. ↑ Kotler, Philip (1999). Marketing Management: Millennium Edition. Prentice Hall. p. 433. ISBN 9780130122179.
  39. ↑ Will, George F. (1986). "The Madison Legacy". The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses, 1981-1986. Free Press. ISBN 9780029344507.
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