Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.

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• David Ogilvy:

  I did not feel 'evil' when I wrote advertisements for Puerto Rico. They helped attract industry and

• David Ogilvy:

  It is flagrantly dishonest for an advertising agent to urge consumers to buy a product which he wou

• David Ogilvy:

  You now have to decide what 'image' you want for your brand. Image means personality. Products, lik

• David Ogilvy:

  Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand

• David Ogilvy:

  If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another

• David Ogilvy:

  The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.

• David Ogilvy:

  Can advertising foist an inferior product on the consumer? Bitter experience has taught me that it

• David Ogilvy:

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

• David Ogilvy:

  It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements and then attack it e

• David Ogilvy:

  The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be.