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"If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't have."
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"Just advertising departments with legs and high heels."

"There is no such thing as a Mass Mind. The Mass Audience is made up of individuals, and good advertising is written always from one person to another. When it is aimed at millions it rarely moves anyone."

"I can't say the advertising model is obsolete yet but it doesn't make a lot of sense in the long range."

"You have always had individual directors who begin in the advertising or commercial world, but they are probably exceptions rather than the traditional pattern."

"A lot of kids do not know my club exists yet. I did not do any big advertising, and that's what I might do in the next two or three weeks, put something in the paper."

"Outside of advertising, the person who's influenced me most is quite possibly Frank Gehry."

"Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, there's obviously a lot of deception."

"Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is."
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"In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south, east or west."

"In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the muse, leads us."

"I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps us working. In the case of the chariot, although it's been sold I actually still have it, just in another form."

"Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center."

"The chariot was purchased by a private collector who took it home to New York. I take pleasure in knowing that it was built to last for at least a thousand years."

"Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land."

"The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery."

"As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's feet, or where they would be if he were to sit in the chariot."

"The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising."
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