Chip Kidd Quotes

Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.

Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.

When I see a billboard that literally just has five names, and they're all A-listers, I'm just like, What is that bringing to the world that's new?

You see, the power of television cannot be underestimated.

The media is so powerful.

That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.

Television has tremendous power over our lives.

Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year.

I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills. I was to do posters, pamphlets, murals, propaganda in general, you know.

Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.

Public influence is the real government of the world.

Power in America today is control of the means of communication.

Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.

Critics intend on changing the balance of public opinion and of political power.

Get them to sing your song, and then they will know who you are.

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power.

I have so much to thank reality TV for.

A lot of the questions raised about television's power and influence on events have applied throughout history to every mass-communications medium - most particularly print, because that's the medium we've had the longest.

There is always a reason behind things that are made, and if there isn't, there will be one when they travel through the world. The objects of beauty are used to impress, seduce, overwhelm, make money, support identities, and show power or style, among other things.

A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.

I always think, quite frankly that pop culture is a lot more important than a lot of people realize.

If I had the ability to influence people all over the world just by speaking or writing, one of my objectives would be find out how America became special and then tell everybody.

People who can spread ideas regardless of what those ideas are, win.