Putting beautiful typefaces on weak ad .. Is like Putting make-up on a corpse it may look beautiful, But it is still dead.

Quote by Stavros Cosmopulos

Topics: Advertising Quotes

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on...

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on...

The unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks deal is blatant false advertising. They stopped serving me...

The unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks deal is blatant false advertising. They stopped serving me...

Rarely have I seen any really great advertising created without a certain amount of confusion,...

Rarely have I seen any really great advertising created without a certain amount of confusion,...

Advertising is far from impotent or harmless; it is not a mere mirror image. Its...

Advertising is far from impotent or harmless; it is not a mere mirror image. Its...

Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.

Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.

The illogical man is what advertising is after. This is why advertising is so anti-rational;...

The illogical man is what advertising is after. This is why advertising is so anti-rational;...

If your advertising goes unnoticed, everything else is academic!

If your advertising goes unnoticed, everything else is academic!

Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the...

Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the...

It takes an ad to do that well.

It takes an ad to do that well.

There's no such thing as bad publicity

There's no such thing as bad publicity

Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and...

Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and...

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I...

Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I...

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Millions of dollars' worth of advertising shows such little respect for the reader's intelligence that...

Millions of dollars' worth of advertising shows such little respect for the reader's intelligence that...

Advertisements may be evaluated scientifically; they cannot be created scientifically.

Advertisements may be evaluated scientifically; they cannot be created scientifically.

Folks with their wits about them knew that advertisements were just a pack of lies...

Folks with their wits about them knew that advertisements were just a pack of lies...

The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing...

The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing...