“Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'independent operators.' I think people who are technically 'employees' have to think this way as well. The company is not looking out for you.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingWellsArtistCompanyCreativeFieldsSucceedPicksIndependentEntrepreneurMedicalEmployeePaychecksOperatorsMedical Insurance Author:Steven Pressfield
“I'm in the middle of just trying to impress my nieces, who think I work for the bus company because they saw a picture of me on a bus. I did an independent movie with Mark Pellington (I Melt with You), and then tried to impress my nieces again, by starring opposite Miley Cyrus (in So Undercover). So, basically I'm just trying to get some respect from my family.” ThinkingTryingCompanySawsMiddleMy FamilyOppositesMarkIndependentBusImpressNieceUndercoverMy NieceMiley Author:Jeremy Piven
“Industry suffers from the managerial dogma that for the sake of stability and continuity, the company should be independent of the competence of individual employees.” ShouldMotivationalSufferingIndividualCompanyIndustryIndependentSakeEmployeeStabilityDogmaCompetenceContinuity Author:Edsger Dijkstra
“My parents had an independent theater company here in Sweden during the 1980s, so I was raised watching my parents create independently, having a lot of fun and just doing what they wanted to do. I think that idea of independence as an artist was something I was always used to. And then I entered the industry from a very commercial perspective, and things were very different then from what I grew up with.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentWantedUsedArtistFunParentCompanyPerspectiveGrewIndustryGrew UpTheaterIndependentIndependenceRaisedSweden Author:Robyn
“Digital technology has eaten classic radio as we know it. Independent stations with disc jockeys who chose their own music have all gone; it's these huge parent companies that own a hundred stations and then decide what we should hear.” KnowsShouldParentCompanyTechnologyGoneHugeHundredIndependentRadioClassicDigitalStationsDiscsJockeysDigital Technology Author:Joe Walsh
“The first time I took acid, I made the decision that I would stay in New York and find an independent film company to get a job with.” FirstsMadeJobsFilmDecisionCompanyNew YorkFirst TimeIndependentAcidIndependent Film Author:Lloyd Kaufman
“It's a completely independent atelier and company. We develop the prototypes here. There's a pattern maker, a sample maker, a commercial team, a head of sales, an in-house production team. That's the price of independence. And in the studio I work closely with Sarah-Linh on the collection, and Nao takes care of development.” CareHouseCompanyTeamDevelopmentIndependentIndependencePatternsProductionsStudiosTake CareCollectionsMakersSamplePrototype Author:Christophe Lemaitre
“I would define independent film as a movie that is not financed by any of the smaller film companies. Because then, those are movies that in all likelihood are made without stars. And then they have to rely just on the material.” MadeFilmStarsCompanyMaterialsIndependentRelyIndependent FilmLikelihood Author:Steven Shainberg