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People say I'm the original Don Draper. I'm not Don Draper.

~George Lois

Topics: Original People People Say Say

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The 1960s was a heroic age in the history of the art of communication - the audacious movers and shakers of those times bear no resemblance to the cast of characters in 'Mad Men.'

~George Lois

Topics: Age Art Audacious Bear Cast Characters Communication Heroic History Mad Mad Men Men Resemblance The History Of Those Times 1960S

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What Apple did for technology is brilliant, but they didn't do nothin' for our economy.

~George Lois

Topics: Apple Brilliant Did Economy Nothin Our Technology

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These days, no celebrity on a magazine cover, including Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts, or Leonardo DiCaprio, could possibly match the visual punch of Alfred E. Neuman, the gap-toothed, grinning boy, goofily peeking out at us on the newsstand.

~George Lois

Topics: Boy Brad Brad Pitt Celebrity Could Cover Days Dicaprio Including Julia Julia Roberts Leonardo Magazine Match Oprah Oprah Winfrey Out Pitt Possibly Punch Roberts Us Visual

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A truly great magazine cover surprises, even shocks, and connects in a nano-second.

~George Lois

Topics: Connects Cover Even Great Magazine Shocks Surprises Truly

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You don't create a magazine for your readers. You don't take a poll, you know, like the politicians do, and find out what they're thinking and what they want... You're supposed to be telling people what the hell you think is exciting and dynamic and thought-provoking, and do it - and do it your way.

~George Lois

Topics: Create Dynamic Exciting Find Hell Know Like Magazine Out People Politicians Poll Readers Supposed Take Telling Think Thinking Want Way You Your

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'Mad Men' is nothing more than the fulfillment of every possible stereotype of the early 1960s bundled up nicely to convince consumers that the sort of morally repugnant behavior exhibited by its characters - with one-night-stands and excessive consumption of Cutty Sark and Lucky Strikes - is glamorous and 'vintage.'

~George Lois

Topics: Behavior Characters Consumers Consumption Convince Early Every Excessive Fulfillment Glamorous Lucky Mad Mad Men Men Morally More Nicely Nothing Possible Repugnant Sort Stereotype Strikes Than Up Vintage 1960S

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If you think people are dumb, you'll spend a lifetime doing dumb work.

~George Lois

Topics: Doing Dumb Lifetime People Spend Think Work You

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When I did 'Esquire,' I did a lot of celebrity covers, but the celebrity cover was Hubert Humphrey as a dummy, sitting on Lyndon Johnson's lap and aping his feelings about the war. I did celebrity covers that made a difference in what was going on in American culture.

~George Lois

Topics: About American American Culture Celebrity Cover Covers Culture Did Difference Dummy Feelings Going His Johnson Lap Lot Lyndon Made Sitting War

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I may have destroyed world culture, but MTV wouldn't exist today if it wasn't for me.

~George Lois

Topics: Culture Destroyed Exist May Me Today World Mtv

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: June 26th, 1931

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