I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information.
David Ogilvy

I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings.
Will McDonough

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become an idea man and a copywriter.
Carl Sandburg

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad.
Leo Burnett

I have learned that trying to guess what the boss or the client wants is the most debilitating of all influences in the creation of good advertising.
Leo Burnett

I have learned that you can't have good advertising without a good client, that you can't keep a good client without good advertising, and no client will ever buy better advertising than he understands or has an appetite for.
Leo Burnett

I honestly believe that advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.
Jerry Della Femina

I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.
John Wanamaker

I long for the day when advertising will become a business for a grown man.
Howard Luck Gossage

I promised to have no partisan affiliation and no subsidy except advertising.
Benjamin Henry Day

I saw a subliminal advertising executive, but only for a second.
Steven Wright

I walked out with 14 advertising projects.
Peter Max

I warn you against believing that advertising is a science.
William Bernbach

I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I hated it.
Augusten Burroughs

I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.
Elia Kazan

I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything.
Renny Harlin

I wish all consumers were as gullible as advertising's biggest critics. Anyone who believes advertising is that powerful will believe almost anything.
Jef I. Richards

I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience.
Augusten Burroughs

I'm not in the advertising business, but I think it would be very nice if people went to see the film Hamlet, because it was made with love and integrity.
Julie Christie

I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don't have to depend on writing fiction for my income.
George Stephen