I don't design. I get what I think is a big idea, and I put the idea down. I'm not a designer. I'm a communicator. George Lois bigcommunicatordesign Change image and share on social
When you create advertising, always start with the words. George Lois advertisecreatestart Change image and share on social
From the time I was three or four years old, I drew all the time. Drew all the time, every second. George Lois drawtimeyear Change image and share on social
The producers of 'Mad Men,' you know, think I hate their show, which is true. George Lois hatemadman Change image and share on social
Truly great images make all the other millions of images you look at unimportant. You gotta look at an image and understand it in a nanosecond. George Lois gottagreatimage Change image and share on social
You can't test great advertising. You can only test the mediocre. Not that I don't care about demographics. You have to understand who you're going after. George Lois advertisecaredemographic Change image and share on social
Everybody is so busy talking about 'Twittering' and talking about the new technologies and talking about this and that, but they don't talk about creativity. George Lois busycreativitytalk Change image and share on social
Nobody should force you to do a bad piece of work in your whole life - no client, no creative director, nobody. The job isn't to please the client; the job is to produce something for the client that makes them incredibly successful. George Lois badclientcreative share on social
I talk to all the creative directors today, and they take me aside, and they say, 'You know, it must have been great back in those days when you could do anything you wanted.' I say, 'Huh? Excuse me?' I mean, we fought. In the '60s and '70s, you fought wars with clients, and you have to continue fighting wars to do great work. George Lois 60s70sback share on social
What I taught myself was that in any problem you get, you've got to come up with an innovative, brilliant, kind of unusual, stunning solution. George Lois brillianthaveinnovative Change image and share on social