Long before social media existed, the proto-tweets of advertising had penetrated American popular culture: 'A mind is a terrible thing to waste.' 'Where's the beef?' 'A diamond is forever.' 'Think different.' You'd be hard pressed to find a writer's craft that has more directly influenced the vernacular.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the significant impact of advertising on culture and language.
David Droga emphasizes the profound effect that advertising slogans have had on American culture and language. He notes that iconic phrases like 'A mind is a terrible thing to waste' and 'Think different' not only influence consumer behavior but also shape the way people communicate, showcasing the power of advertising in embedding itself into everyday vernacular long before the age of social media.
In practice
In a discussion about the influence of advertising, one might use this quote to illustrate how pervasive marketing phrases are.
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Before we start anything creatively, we have a firm understanding of our objective and our frame of mind for the campaign. Who's our audience, and what's their day-to-day behavior? How can we complement those behaviors? How is our message more than an interruption? Why would people care about what we're saying?
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Au revoir, jewelled alligators and white hotels, hallucinatory forests, farewell.
What is really beautiful must always be true.
In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end.
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