“The primary role of the music industry is to have artists be heard above the rest. It's a big needle in a haystack problem. The Internet has the service and tools to find the needle in a haystack.” ProblemBigsArtistRolesHeardIndustryInternetToolsPrimariesNeedlesMusic IndustryNeedle In A Haystack Author:Ali Partovi
“An isolated man like Alexander Selkirk might feel the benefit of a stock of provisions, tools and other means of facilitating industry, although cut off from traffic, with other men.” MenFeelsMeanMightCuttingIndustryBenefitsToolsIsolatedTrafficProvision Book:The Theory of Political Economy Source: The Theory of Political Economy
“Industry is not a collection of machines and tools and buildings. It is a social entity that has the responsibility of realizing the happiness of those who work in it.” SocialRealizingResponsibilityBuildingIndustryToolsMachinesCollectionsEntity Author:Luis A. Ferre
“The games industry is the only industry with the tools and the talent to create real-time immersive 3D environments.” RealGamesEnvironmentTalentIndustryTools Author:Palmer Luckey
“What the entertainment industry can do is tempt you into making stupid mistakes, but the only tool that they have to tempt you is money. So if youre okay saying no to money, then you can say no to a lot of things that you might be embarrassed of later.” IfsMightCan DoMistakeStupidIndustryToolsOkayEntertainmentEmbarrassedSaying NoEntertainment IndustryStupid Mistake Author:Paul Schneider
“I don't necessarily think there's a difference in terms of how the film industry and the ad industry view visual effects. If visual effects (or the lack thereof) are used as a tool to strengthen an idea, they're great. If they are meant to carry more of a load in the absence of a concept, they're a waste and a distraction.” IfsThinkingIdeasFilmUsedTermDifferencesViewsEffectsIndustryWasteConceptsToolsAbsenceVisualsDistractionAdsLoadFilm IndustryVisual Effects Author:Joshua Rogers
“The entertainment industry, the advertising industry have taken [the] tools from the art world and made themselves much more politically potent. We are really devastated and very impotent right now. A photographer just working for an advertising company has a platform to be much more politically effective in the world than an artist.” WorldArtMadeArtistCompanyTakenIndustryRight NowToolsPhotographerEntertainmentAdvertisingPlatformsArt WorldDevastatedEntertainment IndustryAdvertising Industry Author:Jeff Koons
“It is a truism that the structure of a society is basically determined by its technology. Not in an absolute sense-there may be totally different cultures using identical tools-but the tools settle the possibilities; you can't have interstellar trade without spaceships. A race limited to a single planet, possessing a high knowledge of mechanics but with its basic machines of industry and war requiring a large capital investment, will inevitably tend toward collectivism under one name or another. Free enterprise needs elbow room.” NeedsMayDifferentWarCultureNamesRoomsRaceTechnologyPossibilityPlanetsIndustryToolsMachinesAbsolutesTradeStructureInvestmentDeterminedSettlingEnterpriseMechanicIdenticalPossessingCollectivismElbowsSpaceshipsDifferent CulturesFree EnterpriseTruismInterstellarCapital Investment Book:Trader to the Stars: Polesotechnic League Source: Trader to the Stars: Polesotechnic League
“When I started my own business, I funded it as a naked model. I still think that the sex industry can, for some men and women, be a powerful tool for improving their financial prospects.” ThinkingMenStillsSexMy OwnPowerfulIndustryModelsMen And WomenToolsFinancialNakedImprovingOwn BusinessProspects Author:Molly Crabapple
“Before the 90s, black metal wasn't a selling tool [and didn't] have money behind it. Then it became a pop sensation. Now that the record industry has collapsed and started to rot, things are livening up a bit again.” BitsBlackBehindsRecordsIndustryToolsPopsSellingSensationsMetalsBlack Metal Author:Mat McNerney
“I think the thing you're seeing now with the music industry is that the people who have tight-knit communities are now able to really hold each other up because of the internet tools. And the really top-down pyramid scheme of major labels and typical superstars isn't sustainable anymore because the system has collapsed.” PeopleThinkingAbleCommunitySeeingIndustryInternetMajorsToolsLabelsSchemesTypicalPyramidsMusic IndustrySuperstarTop DownPyramid Schemes Author:Amanda Palmer
“I learned a lot about the business side of the industry and some new production tools. It's getting more and more difficult, because of my exploding gig schedule.” DifficultSidesIndustryToolsProductionsSchedulesGigsExploding Author:Martin Garrix