Robert Mapplethorpe Quotes

When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
Robert Mapplethorpe

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Art, Powerful, Big

You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Life, Live, Anywhere

I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Sleep, Tomorrow, May

I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Good, Person, Dogmas

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

Time, Money, Wait

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Beauty, Same, Devil

I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Good, Thought, Why

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Selfish, Artists, Attribute

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

Today, Perfect, Madness

I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Before, Looking, Unexpected

I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Life, Moral, Lived

Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Love, Someone, Person

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

Short, Put, Energy

Happiness? No, it's not there for me.
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

Beauty, Perfect, Tough

I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Somebody, Anybody, Assisting

I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Good, Why, Looking

I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.
Robert Mapplethorpe

True, Motivation, Knows

I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Hope, Live, Long

I just try to live my life and do my thing.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Life, Live, Try

I just want to be written about as a normal artist.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Artist, Normal, Written

I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Good, Around, Flowers

I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.
Robert Mapplethorpe

Making, Point, Happened

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

Time, Art, Before

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Photographer

Born: November 4, 1946

Died: March 9, 1989

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