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Robert Mapplethorpe Quotes
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Type: Photographer Quotes Category: American Photographer Quotes Date of Birth: November 4, 1946 Date of Death: March 9, 1989 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Robert Mapplethorpe Related Authors: Jock Sturges Annie Leibovitz Ansel Adams Kim Weston Imogen Cunningham Galen Rowell Andres Serrano |
Beauty and the devil are the same thing.
Robert Mapplethorpe Happiness? No, it's not there for me. Robert Mapplethorpe I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree. Robert Mapplethorpe I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied. Robert Mapplethorpe I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess. Robert Mapplethorpe I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay and no one thought anything about it. Robert Mapplethorpe I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with. Robert Mapplethorpe I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person. Robert Mapplethorpe I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it. Robert Mapplethorpe I don't think any collector knows his true motivation. Robert Mapplethorpe I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates. Robert Mapplethorpe I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame. Robert Mapplethorpe I just try to live my life and do my thing. Robert Mapplethorpe I just want to be written about as a normal artist. Robert Mapplethorpe I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself. Robert Mapplethorpe I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point. Robert Mapplethorpe I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made. Robert Mapplethorpe I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring. Robert Mapplethorpe I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence. Robert Mapplethorpe I wish I could be elegant. Robert Mapplethorpe I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please. Robert Mapplethorpe I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before. Robert Mapplethorpe I'm not a photojournalist. Robert Mapplethorpe I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently. Robert Mapplethorpe I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life. Robert Mapplethorpe 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 If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live. Robert Mapplethorpe Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love. Robert Mapplethorpe My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be. Robert Mapplethorpe My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is. Robert Mapplethorpe My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be. Robert Mapplethorpe One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself. Robert Mapplethorpe People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography. Robert Mapplethorpe Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight. Robert Mapplethorpe The best picture I got was Bianca Jagger whispering in Mick's ear. I caught them telling a secret, which is sort of rude. Robert Mapplethorpe The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer. Robert Mapplethorpe The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved. Robert Mapplethorpe This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it. Robert Mapplethorpe To make pictures big is to make them more powerful. Robert Mapplethorpe When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same thing when I'm behind a camera. I forget I exist. Robert Mapplethorpe When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God. Robert Mapplethorpe Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil. Robert Mapplethorpe Whether it's an orgy or a cocktail party, I know how to do it. Robert Mapplethorpe 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 You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations. Robert Mapplethorpe |
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