#rap

Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#artists #experience #kind #literally #lot

It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary. ↗

— David Bailey

#before #everything #extraordinary #good #imagination

Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions. ↗

— David Bailey

#nicest #nicest people #people #photograph #rockers

Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love. ↗

— David Bailey

#enough #great #love #photographer

I did painting before I did photography. ↗

— David Bailey

#did #i #painting #photography

I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence. ↗

— David Bailey

#existence #helps #i #know #make

I never set out to be a photographer. ↗

— David Bailey

#never #out #photographer #set

I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it. ↗

— David Bailey

#fingers #i #i do #just #keep

In '73 I photographed the cannibals in New Guinea. They treated me OK but they didn't make you feel relaxed... I managed to escape unscathed though, I'm pretty good at that. ↗

— David Bailey

#escape #feel #good #guinea #i

Photography is more about money now but then so are most things. ↗

— David Bailey

#money #more #most #now #photography