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George Lois quotes: Advertising is poison gas. It should bring tears to your eyes, unhinge your nervous system and knock you out. Advertising is poison gas. It should bring tears to your eyes, unhinge your nervous system and knock you out.
George Lois quotes: I look in the mirror, and I work with the brightest person I know. I look in the mirror, and I work with the brightest person I know.
George Lois quotes: The producers of 'Mad Men,' you know, think I hate their show, which is true. The producers of 'Mad Men,' you know, think I hate their show, which is true.
George Lois quotes: Sometimes all the 'marketing' insight in the world can't move a client, but the creation of a truly great brand name can become a billion-dollar idea! Sometimes all the 'marketing' insight in the world can't move a client, but the creation of a truly great brand name can become a billion-dollar idea!
George Lois quotes: The more creative you are the more trouble you're in. You have to be courageous! The more creative you are the more trouble you're in. You have to be courageous!
George Lois quotes: I don't design. I get what I think is a big idea, and I put the idea down. I'm not a designer. I'm a communicator. I don't design. I get what I think is a big idea, and I put the idea down. I'm not a designer. I'm a communicator.
George Lois quotes: In professional work - certainly in the arts and graphics - 99% of people have zero courage. They blow with the wind. In professional work - certainly in the arts and graphics - 99% of people have zero courage. They blow with the wind.
George Lois quotes: Nothing great can come of more than three people in a room. If you had 10 incredibly bright people, nothing would come out of it. Nothing great can come of more than three people in a room. If you had 10 incredibly bright people, nothing would come out of it.
George Lois quotes: What Apple did for technology is brilliant, but they didn't do nothin' for our economy. What Apple did for technology is brilliant, but they didn't do nothin' for our economy.
George Lois quotes: If you don't burn out at the end of each day, you're a bum. If you don't burn out at the end of each day, you're a bum.
George Lois quotes: What I taught myself was that in any problem you get, you've got to come up with an innovative, brilliant, kind of unusual, stunning solution. What I taught myself was that in any problem you get, you've got to come up with an innovative, brilliant, kind of unusual, stunning solution.
George Lois quotes: My concern has always been with creating images that catch people's eyes, penetrate their minds, warm their hearts and cause them to act. My concern has always been with creating images that catch people's eyes, penetrate their minds, warm their hearts and cause them to act.
George Lois quotes: When you create advertising, always start with the words. When you create advertising, always start with the words.
George Lois quotes: A cautious creative is an oxymoron. A cautious creative is an oxymoron.
George Lois quotes: A truly great magazine cover surprises, even shocks, and connects in a nano-second. A truly great magazine cover surprises, even shocks, and connects in a nano-second.
George Lois quotes: Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens. Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.
George Lois quotes: If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.
George Lois quotes: Onwards and upwards, and never give your failures a second thought. Onwards and upwards, and never give your failures a second thought.
George Lois quotes: Never, ever, work for bad people Never, ever, work for bad people
George Lois quotes: The whole area of creativity is constipated and frightened. The whole area of creativity is constipated and frightened.
George Lois quotes: It's almost as if creativity is dead. The visual power of advertising was everywhere - now it's basically gone. It's almost as if creativity is dead. The visual power of advertising was everywhere - now it's basically gone.
George Lois quotes: Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything. Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.
George Lois quotes: The accurate measure of a human being is what he or she actually gets done. The accurate measure of a human being is what he or she actually gets done.
George Lois quotes: I've done truth to power all my life. It's got me into trouble, but who cares? I've done truth to power all my life. It's got me into trouble, but who cares?
George Lois quotes: People say I'm the original Don Draper. I'm not Don Draper. People say I'm the original Don Draper. I'm not Don Draper.
George Lois quotes: The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it. The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it.
George Lois quotes: If you're working, and you're not trying to be great, give up. If you're working, and you're not trying to be great, give up.
George Lois quotes: Museums are custodians of epiphanies, and these epiphanies enter the central nervous system and deep recesses of the mind. Museums are custodians of epiphanies, and these epiphanies enter the central nervous system and deep recesses of the mind.
George Lois quotes: If you think people are dumb, you'll spend a lifetime doing dumb work. If you think people are dumb, you'll spend a lifetime doing dumb work.
George Lois quotes: To create great work, here's how you must spend your time:1% Inspiration9% Perspiration90% Justification To create great work, here's how you must spend your time:
1% Inspiration
9% Perspiration
90% Justification
George Lois quotes: I may have destroyed world culture, but MTV wouldn't exist today if it wasn't for me. I may have destroyed world culture, but MTV wouldn't exist today if it wasn't for me.
George Lois quotes: Great advertising, in and of itself, becomes a benefit of the product. Great advertising, in and of itself, becomes a benefit of the product.
George Lois quotes: Only mediocre ideas can be tested. Only mediocre ideas can be tested.
George Lois quotes: From the time I was three or four years old, I drew all the time. Drew all the time, every second. From the time I was three or four years old, I drew all the time. Drew all the time, every second.
George Lois quotes: When you think of a brand, you should immediately understand it from the advertising attitude, from the words and visuals. When you think of a brand, you should immediately understand it from the advertising attitude, from the words and visuals.
George Lois quotes: If you work with convictions, people have got to listen to you. If you work with convictions, people have got to listen to you.
George Lois quotes: Truly great images make all the other millions of images you look at unimportant. You gotta look at an image and understand it in a nanosecond. Truly great images make all the other millions of images you look at unimportant. You gotta look at an image and understand it in a nanosecond.
George Lois quotes: The joy of the creative process, minute by minute, hour after hour, day by day, is the sublime path to true happiness. The joy of the creative process, minute by minute, hour after hour, day by day, is the sublime path to true happiness.
George Lois quotes: The computer has played a role in destroying creativity with the Photoshop. Everybody thinks they're a designer. The computer has played a role in destroying creativity with the Photoshop. Everybody thinks they're a designer.
George Lois quotes: Nothing comes from nothing. You must continuously feed the inner beast that sparks and inspires. Nothing comes from nothing. You must continuously feed the inner beast that sparks and inspires.
George Lois quotes: There's no such thing as a cautious creative. There's no such thing as a cautious creative.
George Lois quotes: I am in the poison gas business. Advertising should make you choke, make your eyes water, make you feel sick. I am in the poison gas business. Advertising should make you choke, make your eyes water, make you feel sick.

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