It's the lack of ambition that cripples most people, and makes them so pedestrian in the advertising/creative business

Advertising is the place where the selfish interests of the manufacturer coincide with the interests of society.

If you tell lies about a product, you will be found out - either by the Government, which will prosecute you, or by the consumer, who will punish you by not buying your product a second time.

The creative process requires more than reason. Most original thinking isn't even verbal. It requires 'a groping experimentation with ideas, governed by intuitive hunches and inspired by the unconscious.' The majority of business men are incapable of original thinking because they are unable to escape from the tyranny of reason. Their imaginations are blocked.

The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying.

I prefer the discipline of knowledge to the anarchy of ignorance.

Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga.