Author: David Ogilvy

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.

- David Ogilvy

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.

- David Ogilvy

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

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

- David Ogilvy

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.

- David Ogilvy

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.

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.

- David Ogilvy

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