Best 45 quotes of Paul Arden on MyQuotes

Advertising gets such a bashing from the world. At parties you are always asked, 'Aren't you just selling people things they don't want?

Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you're capable of.

Do not put cleverness in front of the communication.

Do not seek praise. Seek criticism.

Don't give a speech. Put on a show.

Even a bad idea executed is better than a good idea undone.

Even when we want to be timid and play it safe, we should pause for a moment to imagine what we might be missing.

Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great.

Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There's equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.

Great people have great egos; maybe that's what makes them great.

having too many ideas is not always a good thing.

If you always make the right decision, the safe decision, the one most people make, you will be the same as everyone else.

If you can't solve a problem, it's because you're playing by the rules

Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you've got, and fix it as you go.

It's never the next brief, it's ALWAYS THIS brief .

It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be.

I watch TV more than I used to, and the commercials don't impress me. The standard of execution is very high, but the standard of ideas is appalling.

i wish means: would it be nice if.. i want means: if i want it enough i will get it.

Most people are reasonable. That's why they only do reasonably well.

Nearly all rich and powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming or good-looking. They become rich and powerful by wanting to be rich and powerful.

Old golfers don't win (it's not an absolute, it's a general rule). Why? The older golfer can hit the ball as far as the young one. He chips and putts equally well. And will probably have a better knowledge of the course. So why does he take the extra stroke that denies him victory? Experience. He knows the downside, what happens if it goes wrong, which makes him more cautious. The young player is either ignorant or reckless to caution. That is his edge. It is the same with all of us. Knowledge makes us play safe. The secret is to stay childish.

Religion is a light bulb, created by man to help him to see in the dark.

Risks are a measure of people. People who won't take them are trying to preserve what they have. People who do take them often end up having more.

Risks are a measure of people. People who won't take them are trying to preserve what they have. People who do take them often end up having more. Some risks have a future, and some people call them wrong. But being right may be like walking backwards proving where you've been. Being wrong isn't in the future, or in the past. Being wrong isn't anywhere but being here. Best place to be, eh?

Start taking bad decisions and it will take you to a place where others only dream of being.

The more strikingly visual your presentation is, the more people will remember it. And more importantly, they will remember you.

The perosn who doesn't make mistakes is unlikely to make anything.

The problem with hoarding is you end up living off your reserves. Eventually you will become stale. If you give away everything you have, you are left with nothing. This forces you to look, to be aware, to replenish. Somehow the more you give away the more comes back to you.

There are rules in advertising, and those rules are self-imposed by the client companies because they don't want their products to be seen as dishonest.

We are all advertising, all of the time. If you want to sell your car, what do you do? You clean and polish it and make it the best you can. Some people bake bread when they are trying to sell their house because the smell adds a friendly feeling. Even the priest, with all his or her fervour, is advertising God. Everybody is selling.

We are always waiting for the perfect brief from the perfect client. It almost never happens [...] Whatever is on your desk right now, that's the one. Make it the best you possibly can.

Without having a goal it's difficult to score.

Do not covet your ideas. Give away everything you know and more will come back to you.

Don't be afraid of silly ideas.

Don't look for the next opportunity. The one you have in hand is the opportunity.

Experience is the opposite of being creative.

Failure was a major contributor to its success.

Have you noticed how the cleverest people at school are not those who make it in life? People who are conventionally clever get jobs on their qualifications (the past), not on their desire to succeed (the future). Very simply, they get overtaken by those who continually strive to be better than they are.

High creativity is responding to situations without critical thought.' - John Cleese

How you perceive yourself is how others will see you.

If you think you're unable to be on the cover of Time magazine, make your business to be there.

So: it's wrong to be right, because people who are right are rooted in the past, right-minded, dull and smug.

Talent helps, but it won't take you as far as ambition.

The more strikingly visual your presentation is, the more people will remember it.

You need to aim beyond what you are capable of.