Paul Arden

Knowledge comes from the past, so it's safe. It is also out of date. It's the opposite of originality... Experience is the…

— Paul Arden

Great people have great egos; maybe that's what makes them great.

— Paul Arden

“Do not covet your ideas. Give away everything you know and more will come back to you.”

— Paul Arden

“The point is we are all selling. We are all in advertising. It is part of life.”

— Paul Arden

The problem with hoarding is you end up living off your reserves. Eventually you will become stale. If you give away everything…

— Paul Arden

Advertising gets such a bashing from the world. At parties you are always asked, 'Aren't you just selling people things they don't…

— Paul Arden

“Getting what you want means making the decisions you need to make to get what you want. Not the decisions those around…

— Paul Arden

Do not seek praise. Seek criticism.

— Paul Arden

Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have. Without having a goal it’s difficult…

— Paul Arden

Risks are a measure of people. People who don't take them are trying to preserve what they have. Some risks have a…

— Paul Arden

Even a bad idea executed is better than a good idea undone.

— Paul Arden

We are always waiting for the perfect brief from the perfect client. It almost never happens [...] Whatever is on your desk…

— Paul Arden

it's wrong to be right; it's right to be wrong.

— Paul Arden

Do not covet your ideas.

— Paul Arden

You need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You must develop a complete disregard for where your abilities end. Try…

— Paul Arden

Do not put cleverness in front of the communication.

— Paul Arden