Robert Mapplethorpe Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by 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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#18c5a340

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#9946ba08

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#06880db1

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#998530b0

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#90dc9fd7

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#68fa4690

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#208e2867

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#6495dd76

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#56b52439

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#3600a3d1

My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#ea842911

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#c1ef3669

My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#07adfd93

If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#6b7f2e51

Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#0c8aaa12

One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#7f04c8cd

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#01d1c899

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#3c660569

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#fb11b501

I'm not a photojournalist.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#1a89756f

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#efe13332

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#84a99f76

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#754cc9db

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#4b903992

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#d3293bdb

I wish I could be elegant.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#5d856b5f

The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#96604bcd

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#8f7c4905

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#2d03866b

My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#1676e88c

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#072453fb

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#b6cf7b86

This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#f1d2f334

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#740e9372

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#06859e52

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#66e1c537

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#5fb273d9

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#1c76314f

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#e8d372ff

I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#d160b872

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#c6a70f12

The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.
~Robert Mapplethorpe


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/robert-mapplethorpe-quotes/#64294516

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