Ads Quote by Marshall McLuhan

Ads push the principle of noise all the way to the plateau of persuasion. They are quite in accord with the procedures of brainwashing.

— Marshall McLuhan

Ads are carefully designed by the Madison Avenue frog-men of-the-mind for semiconscious exposure.

— Marshall McLuhan

When you think about advertisements, it makes sense that they want to hold and retain our attention.

— Allen Klein

Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief.

— Anonymous

Advertisements ordinarily work their wonders, to the extent that they work at all, on an inattentive public.

— Michael Schudson

Advertising ... is a parasitic activity; it forces goods for which there is no real need or demand on a foolish or even a…

— Ann Bridge

Advertising is far from impotent or harmless; it is not a mere mirror image. Its power is real, and on the brink of a…

— Eric Clark

“If ads are about selling things, they are not only about selling things; their images can carry symbolic meanings, transmit messages, and create moods…

— John Jervis

“Appealing to our subconscious emotions rather than our conscious intellects, advertisements are designed to exploit the discontentments fostered by the American dream, the constant…

— Sonia Maasik

Great advertising triggers an emotion in you. It has purpose. It touches a nerve, and that provokes a reaction.

— David Droga

Advertising serves not so much to advertise products as to promote consumption as a way of life. It 'educates' the masses into an unappeasable…

— Christopher Lasch

Advertising is poison gas. It should bring tears to your eyes, unhinge your nervous system and knock you out.

— George Lois