Robert Mapplethorpe Quotes
Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
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.
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.
I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.
If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.
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 don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
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 see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.
Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.
I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.
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.
My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.
You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.
My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.
I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.
I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself
The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.
Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.
With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.
I was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child. It still shows in how I arrange things. It's always little altars.
People have done pornographic pictures forever, but most of the people who involve themselves in explicit sexuality aren't really artists.
I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.
People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.
The best picture I got was Bianca Jagger whispering in Mick's ear. I caught them telling a secret, which is sort of rude.
