I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.
Nipsey HussleRead
The artist part of me always wants to be appreciated. I read every review. But I never wanted to seek validation by awards or anything controlled by politics.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the desire for appreciation of one's artistic work without being dependent on external validation.
Nipsey Hussle conveys a profound message about the nature of artistry and validation. He acknowledges the human need for appreciation and the importance of feedback through reviews, yet he emphasizes that true artistic fulfillment should not hinge upon awards or political influences. Instead, his focus lies on creating art for its intrinsic value rather than seeking accolades or external approval.
In practice
In an artist's talk, when discussing the motivation behind their work.
I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.
I think everybody's trying to get to a place in themselves where they conquer what they was afraid of; they achieve some of their life goals, kept their word about what they were trying to do.
On a mission your worst enemy is idle time.
I will never say something I don't agree with or believe in... even if the reward is massive!
Black people in America, people from the struggle, immigrants, it's no generational wealth that we are attached to, so we are tasked to create - in one generation - closing the gap. That's why we so Doomsday about getting to the check: 'cause it's life or death for real.
When you talk about black entrepreneurship, you're talking about addressing the foundation of what's going on with our people when we don't have any financial power. Our basic needs aren't being met in a lot of cases, so there's no way we're going to be able to tap into our potential until we address those bottom-level base needs.
Fiction, with its preference for what is small and might elsewhere seem irrelevant; its facility for smuggling us into another skin and allowing us to live a new life there; its painstaking devotion to what without it might go unnoticed and unseen; its respect for contingency, and the unlikely and odd; its willingness to expose itself to moments of low, almost animal being and make them nobly illuminating, can deliver truths we might not otherwise stumble on.
I don't care if people think I am an overactor, as long as they enjoy what I do. People who think that would call Van Gogh an overpainter.
Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere.
I'd like to see people pay attention to the science of hip hop. The knowledge part, the political side of what hip hop could do, or where hip hop is gonna go. I always say it's gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.
Dance training can't be separate from life training. Everything that comes into our lives is training. The qualities we admire in great dancing are the same qualities we admire in human beings: honesty, courage, fearlessness, generosity, wisdom, depth, compassion,and humanity.
I don't find my life that interesting. The shows, maybe. But not me.
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