Rap Quotes - Page 74

Grid systems in graphic design

You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.

We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill.

I smoke on the mic like Smokin' Joe Frazier, The hell raiser, raisin' hell with the flavor.

A bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush.

A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view.

Pictures, regardless of how they are created and recreated, are intended to be looked at. This brings to the forefront not the technology of imaging, which of course is important, but rather what we might call the eyenology (seeing).

I don't understand the difficulty, people; Love your brother, treat him as an equal.

For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than others, but where is credit due? To the designer of the camera? to the finger on the button? to the law of averages?

Often when I walked alone in the mountains, I tried to make sense out of the two halves of my life. What went on in the city during the week seemed chaotic and unrelated to the events in my mountain world.

Whatever rappers wear is cool to people.

Life itself is not the reality. We are the ones who put life into stones and pebbles.

Rap will never be the same as before

Most photographers work best alone, myself included.

I like to think I keep my mind open. When I walk the streets I don't look for anything in particular. I come from a philosophy that believes you shouldn't have preconceived notions - that you don't need a gimmick. That you should just photograph what you react to - what you see.

All my photographs are about meetings and about coups de foudre - love at first sight. To do that type of photography, one must wipe the canvas clean to prepare for chance encounters, be open and aware to such moments, otherwise it becomes a cliché - already seen and expected.

It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny.

Rapping is the only time I'm serious.

To avoid the trap of the Pharisees, we've got to guard the interconnection between our thoughts and our attitudes.

Oh, southern rappers... so hard to write a rhyme when you only know 30 words.

Only in America could you find a way to make a healthy buck, And still keep your attitude on self-destruct.

Scared of a bunch of water? Then get out the rain. Order a rapper for lunch, and spit out the chain.

There's something spiritual in hard work. Spirituality isn't all aromatherapy and scented candles.

You know the wisdom is reflected in the knowledge when it's manifested; If not fed in due time, the mind is anorexic.

I hate The Police so much I'd probably assassinate Sting, My System of a Down Rages Against the Machine. Tie you up in a Slipknot and hold Alice In Chains inside her dreams.