Advertising is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it.
Tesla Motors doesn't spend any money on advertising. Instead, they put all of their money into making their cars as good as possible.


Advertising is a creative business, requiring first that one can easily get interested in any subject, and second, that he browses extensively in all sorts of fieldsof information.

Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women who cannot write. They cannot write advertisements, and they cannot write plans. They are helpless as deaf mutes on the stage of the metropolitan opera.
Prostitutes in ancient Greece wore sandals that advertised their services by leaving the words "follow me" imprinted in the dirt as they walked.
Advertising is a business that is about consistency, a season average rather than that occasional home-run.


Tobacco companies spend the most money on advertising during the month of January, when more people will be attempting to quit smoking, as New Year’s resolutions.