Rap Quotes - Page 33

Some people`s photography is an art. Mine is not. If they happen to be exhibited in a gallery or a museum, that`s fine. But that`s not why I do them. I`m a gun for hire.

For every dark night, there is a brighter day.

Yo, you 14-carat gold slum computer wizard, Tappin' inside my rap vein causes blizzards!

Photographers mistake the emotion they feel while taking the photo as a judgment that the photograph is good

The more you photograph, the more you realize what can and what can't be photographed. You just have to keep doing it.

Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.

The camera has always been a guide, and it's allowed me to see things and focus on things that maybe an average person wouldn't even notice.

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.

Life is a journey, photography is thy shepherd.

Grain is the brush stroke of photography.

A face is a road map of someone's life. Without any need to amplify that or draw attention to it, there's a great deal that's communicated about who this person is and what their life experiences have been.

If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it's a street photograph

Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music.

I'm pretty sure JAY Z don't wanna rap right now.

Photographers can create moments that will never happen again but last a lifetime.

I didn't get that power from gunz..coz there's no gunz in jail..I got that power from books and from thinking and strategizing...... That's what I want little niggaz to see.

MCs get a little bit of love and think they hot, Talkin bout how much money they got...all y'all records sound the same. I'm sick of that fake thug, R&B-rap scenario, all day on the radio, Same scenes in the video, monotonous material. ...Y'all don't hear me though: These record labels slang our tapes like dope. You can be next in line and signed, and still be writing rhymes and broke.

I think life is too short not to be doing something which you really believe in. Whether you're photographing for yourself, for your job, whether you photograph on the weekends or everyday or once in a while, the main point is having fun and to be exercising your curiosity and to be really in love with what you are doing.

The function of the photographer is to help people understand the world around them.

The photographic image... is a message without a code.

If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.

Photography is like making cheese. It takes a hell of a lot of milk to make a small amount of cheese just like it takes a hell of a lot of photos to get a good one.

Eventually I discovered for myself the utterly simple prescription for creativity; be intensely yourself. Don't try to be outstanding; don't try to be a success;don't try to do pictures for others to look at- just please yourself.

I used to roll up: this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny. Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the money.

We shoppers, you bloggers. If money talks, you mumblers. You try it on, then take it off, Then post a pic on your tumblrs.