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I wish all consumers were as gullible as advertising's biggest critics. Anyone who believes advertising is that powerful will believe almost anything.

Mass consumption, advertising, and mass art are a corporate Frankenstein; while they reinforce the system, they also undermine it.

It's almost as if creativity is dead. The visual power of advertising was everywhere - now it's basically gone.

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

Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it?

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

The only people with power today are the audience. And that is increasing with Twitter, Facebook, and everything else. We cater to their likes and dislikes, and you ignore that at your peril.