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 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