"The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere……" — George Lois
"The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it."
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21 Quotes by George Lois
George Lois has 21 quotes on this site.
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Nothing comes from nothing. You must continuously feed the inner beast that sparks and inspires.
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Advertising, an art, is constantly besieged and compromised by logicians and technocrats, the scientists of our profession who wildly miss…
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Museums are custodians of epiphanies, and these epiphanies enter the central nervous system and deep recesses of the mind.
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Creativity can solve almost any problem,
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In any creative industry, the fact that others are moving in a certain direction is always proof positive, at least…
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Follow your bliss. That which you love you must spend your life doing, as passionately and as perfectly as your…
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Working hard and doing doing great work is as imperative as breathing. Creating great work warms the heart and enriches…
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The accurate measure of a human being is what he or she actually gets done.
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I am in the poison gas business. Advertising should make you choke, make your eyes water, make you feel sick.
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You can be cautious or you can be creative (but there's no such thing as a cautious creative).
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Only mediocre ideas can be tested.
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A cautious creative is an oxymoron.
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