Jay Chiat Quotations

Transferring successfully to the next generation means producing work that's as good as or better than the work of the first generation that founded the agency.

I can't say the advertising model is obsolete yet but it doesn't make a lot of sense in the long range.

My real talent was for losing clients.

It's hard to build a brand, competitively, and tell people what you do as well.

Charlie Rose is the ultimate ad.

Fire has impacted every part of our lives - without fire, there would be no shopping, right? - that's how the Internet will intrude on our lives, particularly our kids' lives.

You come to work because the office is a resource: The office is a place where you can meet with other people, and the office has libraries of books and information on CD-ROM that might help you with your work.

We don't have titles on our business cards. No one really gets any special treatment. No one gets a corner office to put pictures of their family and their dog in.

Eighty percent of what everyone's talking about never happens. I don't mean in terms of product development that's happening right now, I'm talking about the far-flung visions of the future.

I'm uncomfortable when I'm comfortable ... I can't help it, it's my personality.