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Proverbs, and Sayings
Leo Burnett Quote
 | “Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business.” ―Leo Burnett Source/Notes: Communications of an Advertising Man (1961) |
 | “Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents.” ―Thomas Malthus Source/Notes: An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798), Chapter I |
 | “Most of the trouble in the world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.” ―William S. Burroughs Source/Notes: The Adding Machine: Selected Essays (1985), The Name is Burroughs |
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 | Source/Notes: (Leslie T. Lyall. A Passion for the Impossible: The Continuing Story of the Mission Hudson Taylor Began. London: OMF Books, 1965, 37.) |
Leo Burnett
Born: October 21, 1891
Died: June 7, 1971 (aged 79)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Businessman
Bio: Leo Burnett was an advertising executive and was one among of the most 'creative' men in the advertising business. The 19th Century was dominated by the copy-heavy ads with lengthy product descriptions and selling arguments, however, he developed fresh simple icons that came to symbolize easy-to-understand product benefits for the 20th-century consumer.
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