Aspiration Cartoons

"When I grow up, I want to work with the affluent."

Artist:
Twohy, Mike
Search ID:
CC43931
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1800x1735 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
aspiration, aspirations, aspire, aspires, aspiring, rich, riches, charity, charities, charitable program, charitable programs, affluent, affluence, upper class, upper classes, status, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, grow up, grows up, growing up, ideal job, ideal jobs, career goal, career goals, career, careers, goal, goals, greed, greedy, motivation, motivations, money-driven, money grubbing, money grubber, money grubbers

"I aspired to authenticity, but I never got beyond verisimilitude."

Artist:
Lorenz, Lee
Search ID:
CC124060
High Res:
4000x3316 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
authenticity, authentic, verisimilitude, aspiration, aspirations, aspire, aspires, aspiring, goal, goals, life goal, life goals, authentic experience, authentic experiences, truth, truthfulness, honest, honesty, life experience, life experiences

"I met somebody with a hut."

Artist:
Mueller, P. S.
Search ID:
CC134981
High Res:
4617x2416 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
social climber, social climbers, social climbing, early civilisation, early civilization, primitive civilization, primitive civilisation, cave dweller, cave dwellers, cave dwelling, hut, huts, girlfriend, girlfriends, cavemen, caveman, cavewomen, cavewoman, boyfriend, boyfriends, wife, wives, husband, husbands, breakup, breakups, break-up, break-ups, break up, break ups, aspiration, aspirations, trading in, new model, better model

"I'm Miss Missouri, but my goal is to become Miss California."

Artist:
Smaller, Barbara
Search ID:
CC123224
High Res:
4700x4922 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
beauty, beautiful, pageant, pageants, beauty pageant, beauty pageants, miss missouri, miss california, miss, state, states, competition, competitions, aspiration, aspiration, dream, dreams, goal, goals, aim, aims, impossible, nonsensical, illogical, paradox, paradoxical, senseless, outlandish, ridiculous, stupid, unintelligent, resident, residents, missouri, california

"I don't see the Whitney, but Mary Boone will send you a Christmas card."

Artist:
Twohy, Mike
Search ID:
CC32597
High Res:
2040x1446 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
mary boone, museum, museums, fortune, fortune teller, fortune-teller, future, futures, fortune tellers, fortune-tellers, crystal ball, crystal-ball, crystal-balls, crystals, pseudo-science, artist, artists, artistic, disappointed, realistic, disappoint, let down, ambition, ambitions, christmas card, aspire, aspiration, consolation, consolations

"He had the Guggenheim in mind, I think."

Artist:
Fradon, Dana
Search ID:
CC52449
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1792x1351 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
guggenheim, aspiration, aspirations, modern art, modern artist, modern artists, abstract art, abstract artist, abstract artists, aspiring artist, aspiring artists, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, ambitiousness, museum, museums, fine arts, fine artist, fine artists, art school, art schools

Rural Cityscape

Artist:
Miller, Warren
Search ID:
CC34873
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2429x1752 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
farmer, farmers, farm, farms, agriculture, agricultural management, pretentious, pretensions, illusions, illusion, ambition, ambitious, aspiration, aspirational, aspirations, illusion of grandeur, urban skyline, urban skylines, city scape, city scapes, kidding yourself, office, offices, office worker, office workers, rural, country, countryside, interior, interiors, office interiors, wallpaper, cover up, coverup, cover-up, disguise, disguised, disguising, pretend, pretending, window, windows, view, views, landscape, landscapes, cow, cows, cattle, barn, barns, ranch, ranches, cattle ranch, cattle ranches, trompe-l'œil, trompe l'oeil, trompe l oeil, trompe-l oeil, agribusiness, agribusinesses

"What do you want to be when you give up?"

Artist:
Dator, Joe
Search ID:
CC141814
High Res:
2984x2941 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
give up, gives up, giving up, aspiration, aspirations, career aspiration, career aspirations, midlife, midlife crisis, midlife crises, dream, dreams, dream job, dream jobs, goal, goals, life goal, life goals, play, plays, playing, cynic, cynics, cynicism, cynical, negative outlook, negative outlooks, burn out, burns out, burning out, burned out

"No, mine has a gold band with diamonds, fleurs-de-lis, and four arches topped by a jewelled cross."

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CC35313
High Res:
3283x2891 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
crowns, royalty, aspiration, aspirations, royal, royals, royal family, royal families, dress the part, dresses the part, dressing the part, faker, fakers, faking, poseur, poseurs, poser, posers, hat check, hat checks, formal dinner, formal dinners, pretender, pretenders, fake it, faking it, fake it till you make it, diamond, diamonds, tacky, fleurs-de-lis, crown, crowns, tiara, tiaras, king, kings, mankoff

Places you want to go, but can't vs. places you have to go, but don't want to.

Artist:
Krimstein, Ken
Search ID:
NA200244
High Res:
3000x2550 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
travel, travels, holiday, holidays, international travel, business travel, work travel, obligations, family obligations, work obligations, travel obligations, obligation, paris, bali, firenze, rio, antibes, erie, duluth, cleveland, natchez, peoria, short haul, short haul flight, national vs. international travel, want to go, don't want to go, staycation, globe trotter, aspirations, wishes, aspiration, wish, airport, airports, air travel, departures, departure, departure board, departure boards, american towns, small town america, small towns

"I've had those books for years. They represent the person I once aspired to be."

Artist:
Haefeli, William
Search ID:
CC68221
High Res:
2000x1980 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
aspiration, aspirations, aspired, aspiring, dream, dreams, ambition, ambitions, goal, goals, lost dream, lost dreams, broken dream, broken dreams, ambitious, date, dates, pretentious, pretension, pretensions, love life, snob, snobs, elitist, elitists, girlfriend, girlfriends, show off, show offs, show-off, show-offs, showing off, academic, academics, academia

"Don't breath a word to anyone, but I'm never leaving graduate school."

Artist:
Epstein, Benita
Search ID:
CX902159
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2132x1800 pixels (unwatermarked)
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student, students, perpetual student, degree, degrees, qualification, qualifications, academic, academics, post-grad, graduate school, graduate schools, post-grads, student lifestyle, aspiration, aspirations, ambition, ambitions, lab, labs, laboratory, laboratories, unambitious, dream job, dream jobs, happy place

"They're secret service. They appeared the day Billy decided he wanted to be president when he grew up."

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
Search ID:
PB400553
High Res:
2497x2434 pixels (unwatermarked)
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kid, kids, child, children, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, family, families, childhood, childhood dream, childhood dreams, dream, dreams, future aspiration, future aspirations, future goal, future goals, future ambition, future ambitions, ambitions, ambitious, goal, goals, aspiration, aspirations, president, presidents, american president, future president, secret service, united states secret service, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., security, protection, leader, leaders, future leader, head of state, future head of state, head-of-state, future head-of-state, government, governments, politics, politician, politicians, future politician

"Damn it, Maureen! You just don't break up a winning combination!"

Artist:
Price, George
Search ID:
CC29980
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2828x2412 pixels (unwatermarked)
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winning combination, winning combinations, combination, combinations, combo, combos, walk out, walks out, walking out, lucky horseshoe, lucky horseshoes, loser, losers, husband, husbands, wife, wives, breakup, breakups, break up, break ups, breaking up, split up, splits up, splitting up, couple, couples, toxic relationship, toxic relationships, hope, hopes, aspiration, aspirations

"You can be anything you want to be - no limits."

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
Search ID:
CC45843
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1860x1504 pixels (unwatermarked)
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limit, limits, limitation, limitations, limited, aspiration, aspirations, aspiring, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, goal, goals, dream, dreams, big dream, dreaming big, big dreams, goldfish, goldfishes, gold-fish, gold-fishes, fish, fishes, aquarium, aquariums, fish tank, fish tanks, fishbowl, fishbowls, dream, dreams, career, careers, career path, career paths, fish bowl, fish bowls, cage, cages, pet, pets

"I'm working part time, but I'm hoping that once I finish my master's they'll up my hours to full time."

Artist:
Smaller, Barbara
Search ID:
CC140039
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6009x6527 pixels (unwatermarked)
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work, works, working, part time, masters, master's, master's degree, masters degree, degree, qualification, qualifications, service economy, service economies, service worker, service workers, customer service, education, educations, college education, college educations, postgrad, post-grad, graduate degree, graduate degrees, part time job, part time jobs, aspiration, aspirations, aspiring, full time

"They should just ask Elián González who he wants to be when he grows up, Gloria Estefan or the Buena Vista Social Club."

Artist:
Roberts, Victoria
Search ID:
CC43258
High Res:
1350x1408 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
music, musician, music genres, singer, singers, cuban singers, cuba, musical culture, culture, american culture, cuban culture, national differences, custody, custody battle, international custody battle, immigration, cuban american, immigration issues, child, children, aspirations, aspiration, children, child, childhood

"You should do something brilliant, before it's too late."

Artist:
Addi
Search ID:
CX902125
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3000x2422 pixels (unwatermarked)
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brilliance, brilliant, middle age, middle aged, middle-aged, middle-age, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, goal, goals, life goal, life goals, aspiration, aspirations, ageing, aging, missed opportunity, missed opportunities, lost opportunity, lost opportunities, pep talk, pep talks, motivational speech, motivational speeches, regret, regrets, regretting, regretful

"But, what I'd really like to do is direct."

Artist:
Epstein, Benita
Search ID:
CX902037
High Res:
1889x2360 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
movie, movies, film, films, film industry, movie industry, director, directors, career, careers, aspiration, aspirations, aspiring, gorilla, gorillas, zoo, zoos, zoologist, zoologists, wildlife, zoo animal, zoo animals, goal, goals, dream job, dream jobs

Metaphors.

Artist:
Koren, Edward
Search ID:
CC40373
High Res:
3235x3805 pixels (unwatermarked)
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metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, sign, signs, signage, hiking, hiker, hikers, love, ephemeral, stability, possible, limits, aspiration, lyricism, death, decay, growth, change, analogy, analogies, symbol, symbols, figure of speech, allegory, allegories

"I understand you see yourself in legal, but we see you as a large cuddly stuffed toy."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CX303479
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4400x3400 pixels (unwatermarked)
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dino, dinos, dinosaur, dinosaurs, career ladder, the career ladder, career progression, stuffed toy, stuffed toys, stuffies, legal, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys, hopes and dream, ambition, ambitious, ambitions, aspiration, aspiration, let down, let downs, let-down, let-downs, disappointment, disappointments, legal profession, the legal profession, paralegal, paralegals, legal assistant, legal assistants, patronise, patronising, patronize, patronizing

"Hated and feared was as near as I ever got."

Artist:
Hamilton, William
Search ID:
CC28958
High Res:
4800x4641 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
executives, executive, business executives, business executive, business executives, manager, managers, boss, bosses, business manager, business managers, rich person, rich people, the one percent, the 1 percent, wealth divide, wealth gap, aspiration, aspirations, hopes and dreams, cold hearted, cold heartedness, out off touch, empathy, unempathetic, respect, commanding respect, love, relationships, male pale stale

Corporate Ladder

Artist:
Mankoff, Bob
Search ID:
CX300552
High Res:
2581x1891 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
corporate ladder, the corporate ladder, career, careers, career progression, corporate ladders, climbing the ladder, glass ceiling, glass ceilings, class divide, class divides, social climbing, its not what you know, impossible task, impossible tasks, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, ladder, ladders, rung, rungs, ambition, ambitious, aspiring, aspiration, aspirations, privilege, privileged, privileges

"Dad, now can I be a fireman?"

Artist:
Richter, Mischa
Search ID:
CC67075
High Res:
1752x1782 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
graduation, graduations, college, colleges, university, universities, diploma, diplomas, certificate, certificates, ceremony, ceremonies, commencement, commencements, education, graduating, graduate, graduates, student, students, higher education, fireman, firemen, firefighter, firefighters, dream, dreams, goal, goals, childhood dream, future career, future job, career, careers, job, jobs, work, employment, aim, aims, ambition, desire, desires, wish, wishes, parental pressure, parental influence, parental wishes, kid, kids, child, children, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, father, fathers, fatherhood, family, families, young adult, young adults, modern life, aspiration, aspirations, future aspirations, dream job, new grad, new graduate, new grads, new graduates, family issues, family problems, expectations

"If I had it all to do over again, I would have liked to be the King of Swing."

Artist:
Fradon, Dana
Search ID:
CC70742
High Res:
1732x2160 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
benny goodman, king of swing, king, kings, aspiration, aspirations, hope, hopes, dream, dreams, musician, musicians, regret, regrets, regretting, royal, royals, royalty, castle, castles, jazz, jazz musician, jazz musicians, monarch, monarchs, start over, starts over, passion, passions, passionate