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Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: 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

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 quotes: If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: The best picture I got was Bianca Jagger whispering in Mick's ear. I caught them telling a secret, which is sort of rude.

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 quotes: My work is about seeing - seeing things like they haven't been seen before.

My work is about seeing - seeing things like they haven't been seen before.

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

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

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.

I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.

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 quotes: I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.

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

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: If I had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very quick way to see, to make sculpture.

If I had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very quick way to see, to make sculpture.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand.

I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand.

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: I want to see something I've never seen before.

I want to see something I've never seen before.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: I don't think that there's that much difference between a photograph of a fist up someone's ass and a photograph of carnations in a bowl.

I don't think that there's that much difference between a photograph of a fist up someone's ass and a photograph of carnations in a bowl.

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

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

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: When I create art, it's like holding hands with God.

When I create art, it's like holding hands with God.

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

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: I come from suburban America. It was a very safe environment and it was a good place to come from in that it was a good place to leave.

I come from suburban America. It was a very safe environment and it was a good place to come from in that it was a good place to leave.

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: I wish I could be elegant.

I wish I could be elegant.

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: I'm not a photojournalist.

I'm not a photojournalist.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together.

I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together.

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: Whether it's an orgy or a cocktail party, I know how to do it.

Whether it's an orgy or a cocktail party, I know how to do it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.

Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.

Robert Mapplethorpe quotes: People have done pornographic pictures forever, but most of the people who involve themselves in explicit sexuality aren't really artists.

People have done pornographic pictures forever, but most of the people who involve themselves in explicit sexuality aren't really artists.

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

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

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

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