The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.
Category Archive: Daniel J. Boorstin
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren’t open that early.
An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service.
We read advertisements… to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready – even eager – to discover, from the announcement of a new product, what we have all along wanted without really knowing it.
Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.
Reading is like the sex act – done privately, and often in bed.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well.
Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.