Rap Quotes - Page 16

I have never taken a picture for any other reason than that at that moment it made me happy to do so.

For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.

Slim Shady: Hotter then a set of twin babies In a Mercedes Benz, with the windows up When the temp goes up to the mid 80's.

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

One doesn't stop seeing. One doesn't stop framing. It doesn't turn off and turn on. It's on all the time.

Anyone who uses Helvetica knows nothing about typefaces.

It's Christmas time and my rhyme's steady bumpin. Everybody happy, hair still nappy, Gonna steal a gift for my old grandpappy.

Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its best, this music draws attention to complex dimensions of ghetto life ignored by most Americans. Indeed, gangsta rap's in-your-face style may do more to force America to confront crucial social problems than a million sermons or political speeches.

The bracelet says 'Fear Nothing.' It was given to me by my friends, and it was made for me and my friends during the period of time that I was going through chemotherapy. And I still wear it, because it's a great reminder of friendship and how my buddies and others came together in my time of need.

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I released the shutter.

Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.

You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.

The things that are close to you are the things you can photograph the best.

With 'Hip-Hop Saved My Life,' I attempted to make 'Kick, Push,' but for rappers. To give a real basic play-by-play of the life of a rapper before he makes it - if he ever makes it, because you can get stuck in that and be trying to make it for the rest of your life.

We live in a time of the greatest precision and of maximum contrasts: photomontage offers us a means to express this. It shows ideas: photography shows us objects.

I could learn photography. That could be something to want. I could photograph children. I could have my own children. I would give them yellow roses. And if they got too loud, I would just put them some place quiet. Put them in the oven. And I would kiss them every day, and tell them you don't have to be anybody, because I would know that being somebody doesn't make you anybody anyway.

If a guy hasn't got any gamble in him- he isn't worth a crap.

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.

This fast life soon shatters, cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter.

There's a war going on outside no man is safe from. You can run but you can't hide forever.

I'm the world's most famous photographer, most sought after photographer, most awarded photographer.

Photography is all about capturing a mood, a feeling. I feel a special connection with nature, often very powerful. This late afternoon was phenomenal. Standing on the edge of the ocean, I gasped in awe as the holy light illuminated this cathedral window. Witnessing such a moment and capturing it is what I live for. Mother Nature is so powerful, I never underestimate Her.

Life is a beach, and these hoes try'na lay out

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.

Too hard for MTV, not black enough for BET, just let me be.