If it doesn’t sell; it isn’t creative.

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"Where people aren’t having fun, they seldom produce good work."

- David Ogilvy

Motivation

"If you are both killer and poet, you get rich."

- David Ogilvy

Success

"Leaders grasp nettles."

- David Ogilvy

Leadership

"Make sure you have a vice president in charge of your revolution, to engender ferment among your more conventional colleagues."

- David Ogilvy

Leadership

"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

Leadership

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"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

- Maya Angelou

Creativity

"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

- Jamie Paolinetti

Creativity

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

- Oscar Wilde

Creativity

"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."

- Isabel Allende

Creativity