Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising.

Quote by David Ogilvy

Topics: Advertising Quotes

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

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

If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative.

If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative.

Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.

Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.

Never stop testing, and your advertising will never stop improving.

Never stop testing, and your advertising will never stop improving.

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

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

On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body...

On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body...

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners...

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners...

If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will...

If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will...

There is no need for advertisements to look like advertisements. If you make them look...

There is no need for advertisements to look like advertisements. If you make them look...

It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements...

It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements...

Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women...

Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women...

There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we...

There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we...

What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your...

What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your...

Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's...

Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's...

Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy...

Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy...

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the...

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the...

The most important word in the vocabulary of advertising is test. If you pretest your...

The most important word in the vocabulary of advertising is test. If you pretest your...

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 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;...

Just because your ad looks good is no insurance that it will get looked at....

Just because your ad looks good is no insurance that it will get looked at....

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.