“Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of his pride, they are at least sufficient to animate his industry.” MenPrideIndustryExpectationsDiscoverySufficientAdequateAcquisition Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Rambler Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Rambler
“I try not to think of myself as a woman filmmaker. I don't look for women influences. I have noticed in the past few years that there is a certain ceiling that a woman filmmaker can reach. I don't believe that it's sexism per se, but there are certain expectations in the industry about what films should be, how they should be made, what stories they should tell, and it's a habit, it's a tradition.” ThinkingShouldTryingBelieveLooksMadeStoriesFilmCertainInfluenceIndustryHabitExpectationsTraditionDon't BelieveFilmmakerSexismCeilings Author:Signe Baumane
“One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations.” One ThingTaughtIndustryExpectationsManageMusic Industry Author:Q-Tip
“Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming are among humanity's most pressing concerns. Societal expectations on climate change are real, and our industry is expected to take a leadership role.” RealHumanityBusinessRolesIndustryExpectationsConcernClimateClimate ChangeExpectedGlobal WarmingGasEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesLeadership RolesSocietal Expectations Author:Ali al-Naimi
“I started to understand that for me, art was no longer about self-expression but about creative engagement with the world. I started to respond in an excited way to making work inside an industry and not feeling the constraints of audience expectation as some kind of thing that I should avoid.” WorldWayShouldKindArtSelfFeelingsAudienceCreativeExpressionIndustryExpectationsExcitedEngagementConstraintsSelf Expression Author:Ayad Akhtar
“I want the music to be heard as close to when I made it, as much as possible. I don't want to get into some "future of the music industry" thing, or where I stand on digital this or that, but I think it's ridiculous that a lot of people in the industry plan so far ahead that it makes a lot of improvisation impossible and makes a lot of people's expectations fixed and not fluid.” PeopleThinkingWantMadePlansImpossibleHeardIndustryExpectationsRidiculousMade ItFixedDigitalFluidImprovisationMusic Industry Author:Bradford Cox
“We've never been in a time where mothers - parenthood, but particularly motherhood - is so fetishized. There's a whole industry around motherhood and mother-daughter bonds. And certainly when my mother was sick I found there was an incredible expectation for me to tell everybody how we were having this bonding experience and how healing it was.” WholeMotherFoundHealingIndustryExpectationsDaughterSickIncrediblesMotherhoodParenthoodBondingMother Daughter Author:Meghan Daum
“I think after a few years and working on so many projects, you don't get jaded but the level of your expectations is minimal, especially the way the music industry is today.” ThinkingWayYearsTodayLevelsIndustryProjectsExpectationsMusic IndustryJaded Author:Marco Mendoza