Quotes from book
Confessions of an Advertising Man

Confessions of an Advertising Man

Confessions of an Advertising Man is a 1963 book by David Ogilvy. It is considered required reading in many advertising classes in the United States. Ogilvy was partly an advertising copywriter, and the book is written as though the entire book was advertising copy. It contains eleven sections:


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“Where people aren’t having any fun, they seldom produce good work.”

Source: Confessions of an Advertising Man

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