#rap

After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life. ↗

— Taryn Manning

#angry #artist #autobiography #because #demons

People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#money #paint #people #photography #portraits

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#commenting #existence #i #into #like

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. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#avoid #become #camera #i #i am

With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#go #into #lot #moments #next

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money. ↗

— Betsey Johnson

#labels #money #up #wrapped

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be. ↗

— Duane Michals

#appears #deals #exquisitely #nothing #photography

I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography. ↗

— John Irving

#i #i think #imagination #imagined #interesting

I've always had an abundance of material about the subjects of my biographies. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#abundance #always #biographies #had #i

When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#amazing #ben #biographies #discover #einstein