ASAP Rocky Quotes

Fashion photographers are the new painters.

There's nothing wrong with being a fashion photographer, but it's a bit limited.

I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one.

Everyone wants to be a designer.

Image plays a huge part in my music and in my lifestyle.

It's incredible, but I think a lot of people it shot over their heads 'cause they're used to just getting images and messing around with them, and for us to do something quite so 'designed' was a bit of a shock.

To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit: it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate, to simplify, to clarify, to modify, to dignify, to dramatize, to persuade, and perhaps even to amuse. To design is to transform prose into poetry.

It will be great to have a fashion career during and after my DJ career.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

I think with pictures; I'm a very lousy writer. If I write without pictures, I become this pathetic chick sitting somewhere trying to be interesting.

I couldn't live if I wasn't a designer.

I feel like I want to be known first and foremost for my work.

I've worked so hard for years, and it's just incredible to see my clothes in Dorothy Perkins. I got quite emotional at the launch.

The camera doesn't intimidate me.

Many people when I started didn't believe I was a good fashion photographer, and probably they still think that.

This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.

Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyone's consideration.

I have had the privilege of working with the best in the business, from photographers to designers to magazines. There's not much more to ask for but I'm still looking forward to one day working with photographers Mert and Marcus, Tim Walker and Nick Knight.

I'm a producer... I am a Hollywood producer. That is so weird. And it's not lame. But it's just like, how did that happen?

I'm thrilled with my body of work.

I want to be that guy that says I was one of the first guys to put a banner in Brooklyn.

People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl. I am now competing in an arena where I can hold my head high. I feel quite confident in what I'm doing now, much more than the singing. I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.

People know me for my work with Aventura, and for that, I am grateful.

I didn't want to be taken advantage of and burnt out in the industry. I worked with my family really closely, so I was able to get that respect in the industry. So now I feel that I can let my guard down. People know who I am; I can be myself. I can be more versatile, and I can wear what I want.

Pretty much every record I've ever done, I can go back and listen to them and be proud. I'm proud of everything I've done.