A Quote by Victor Papanek
Advertising design, in persuading people to buy things they don`t need, with money they don`t have, in order to impress others who don`t care, is probably the phoniest field in existence today.
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Money is not the most important thing, but when you need it, there are few substitutes. So while I like the things money can buy, I love what money won't buy. It bought me a house but it won't buy me a home. It would buy me a companion but it won't buy me a friend.
Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.
Spending money you don't have for things you don't need to impress people you don't like.
I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.
If you want quality service, you have to pay for it. You don't buy into waste. I have great misgivings about the amount of advertising that we see in the health care field, some by hospitals, a lot by drug companies.
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