Who said “The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life…”?

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Wyndham Lewis. A published source records them saying or writing it.

Source"'Promise' as an Institution", in The Doom of Youth (London: Chatto & Windus, 1932).

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“The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such a lavish use of superlatives, that no standard of value whatever is intact.”
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Lewis, W. (n.d.). The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such a lavish use of superlatives, that no standard of value whatever is intact. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/396-the-art-of-advertisement-after-the-american-manner/

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Lewis, Wyndham. “The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such a lavish use of superlatives, that no standard of value whatever is intact.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/396-the-art-of-advertisement-after-the-american-manner/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Lewis, Wyndham. “The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such a lavish use of superlatives, that no standard of value whatever is intact.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/396-the-art-of-advertisement-after-the-american-manner/.