Quotes about Creativity
Laying out grounds may be considered a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.
- William Wordsworth
Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great or original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.
- William Wordsworth
Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
- William Wordsworth
Imagination, which in truth Is but another name for absolute power And clearest insight, amplitude of mind, And reason, in her most exalted mood.
- William Wordsworth
I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really come out of the real experience of my life, and somehow this has come over as true and valid and persuasive.
- David Ogilvy
Committees can criticize, but they cannot create.
- David Ogilvy
Aldous Huxley, who was once a copywriter, said, 'It is easier to write ten passably effective sonnets than one effective advertisement.' You cannot bore people into buying your product. You can only interest them in buying it.
- David Ogilvy
Search the parks in all your cities You'll find no statues of committees
- David Ogilvy
Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it… Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.
- David Ogilvy
Where people aren't having any fun, they seldom produce good work.
- David Ogilvy
I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information. When I write an advertisement, I don't want you to tell me that you find it 'creative.' I want you to find it so interesting that you buy the product.
- David Ogilvy
Never a day without a line.
- Anonymous