Los Angeles Street Photography and Quotes
Art, Art Shouts, Commentary“The sun shines, the city breathes, Angelenos walk, as the music blasts, buildings rise, cops bust, and criminals invade, the rich get richer, while the poor beg for more.” – Mehdi Bouqua
“Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic.” – Norman Mailer
“Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.” – Ice T
“L.A. I liked because the degenerates there all stay in their separate suburban houses.” – Paul Morrisey
“Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.” Frank Lloyd Wright
“Los Angeles is just New York lying down” Quentin Crisp
“Los Angeles is seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.” – Dorothy Parker
“People cut themselves off from their ties of the old life when they come to Los Angeles. They are looking for a place where they can be free, where they can do things they couldn’t do anywhere else.” – Tom Bradley
“The final story, the final chapter of western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles.” – Phil Ochs
Photography by Mehdi Bouqua
