“The reason I do small, independent movies is because I want to keep my soul intact and maintain some kind of integrity within this industry.” WantKindSoulReasonIndustryIntegrityIndependentMy Soul Author:Jamie Bell
“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 best decision was to choose to go to Wall Street over law. I learned a lot and focused on the expanding software industry at a time when the independent software industry was just beginning.” LawDecisionStreetsWallIndustryIndependentFocusedSoftwareExpanding Author:Safra A. Catz
“Bill Ford, Jr., is somebody who wants to move this industry, to lead the nation in making us independent of foreign oil, of making the green vehicle.” WantMovingNationsIndustryIndependentGreenBillsOilVehicleForeign OilAuto Industry Author:Jennifer Granholm
“In changing times, we should all lend our support to the independent retailers. Without independent retailers, many of the biggest names in music would still be undiscovered. They break new artists and movements. We all know the industry is changing, but we can't forget where we came from.” KnowsShouldStillsArtistNamesForgetBreakSupportMovementIndustryIndependentRetailersNew ArtistsWhere We Came Author:Gorilla Zoe
“Trade wars arent started by countries appealing to respected, independent trade authorities. Rather, trade wars begin when one country decides to violate international trade rules to undercut another countrys industries.” WarCountryIndustryAuthorityIndependentTradeInternationalInternational TradeUndercut Author:Ron Wyden
“What I like about being independent [in the music industry] is that anybody who does play the album on the radio and anybody who does choose to write in the media does so because they want to, because they like it or because they find something interesting there, not because they have to.” WantWritingDoePlayInterestingMediaIndustryIndependentRadioAlbumsMusic IndustrySomething Interesting Author:Ani DiFranco
“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
“My experience and what I do in snowboarding is really quite independent of the industry and the more independent it is, the more pure and better I feel about snowboarding.” FeelsIndustryPureIndependentSnowboarding Author:Craig Kelly
“It's like being in the position of - in half of the industry's mind, you're kind of a cult-following, independent rocker. And on the other hand, you're a sellout. But neither one of them are right.” MindKindHandsHalfPositionIndustryIndependentFollowingCultRockers Author:Ben Folds
“When I was in New York I heard many people saying that the independent film industry was in big trouble. I was reflecting on this when I came home. Realizing that ever since I started filmmaking, people have being saying that. But somehow it keeps going. Filmmakers keep going. We need stories to make sense of the world and some people like me are driven to tell them. I have faith this will always be possible.” PeopleWorldNeedsStoriesHomeBigsFilmRealizingTroubleHeardNew YorkIndustryIndependentDrivenLike MeMake SenseFilmmakerKeep GoingHave FaithFilmmakingReflectingIndependent FilmFilm Industry Author:Andrea Arnold
“I identify as being an independent artist. I think people often forget that Indie is actually short for independent. For me, the word has a meaning more than what it connotes from an industry standpoint.” PeopleThinkingArtistForgetIndustryIndependentStandpoint Author:Mirah
“I felt that I'm a real important part when it comes to hip-hop, but maybe not so much in the industry, so I felt that I was better of in an independent situation... where I have some control over my life and there's no middle man and it's basically me and my team handling my situation.” MenImportantRealFeltSituationTeamMiddleIndustryIndependentHip HopHipsHops Author:Styles P
“For me, something that's been always really important to me, that's also really served me well in hindsight, is doing different things, trying to cross different genres, and dipping my toes into comedy and drama and action here and there. Fortunately, as I've been working, the industry has also changed where you're able to dip your toes into different mediums, where it's not just independent film and studio film, but now you've got TV, and you're able to do all these different things. For me, it's just a matter of continually pushing myself and challenging myself.” TryingWellsImportantDifferentMatterAbleActionFilmChallengesComedyChangedTvsIndustryDramaCrossesIndependentStudiosMediumsGenreDifferent ThingsPushingToesHere And ThereHindsightIndependent FilmDipDifferent GenresChallenging Myself Author:Michelle Monaghan