Robert Mapplethorpe Quotes
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I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.
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I wish I could be elegant.
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You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.
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I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.
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I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
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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.
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I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.
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Whether it's an orgy or a cocktail party, I know how to do it.
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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.
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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.
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I think that it was a great advantage to go into photography not knowing much about it. Not thinking. I think one of the problems with many photographers today is that they never see for themselves, but just like everybody else.
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I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.
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People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.
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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.
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I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.
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I just want to be written about as a normal artist.
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I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.
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When I’m behind a camera I forget I exist.
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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.
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Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.
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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.
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I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.
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When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
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My work is about seeing - seeing things like they haven't been seen before.
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I like to look at pictures, all kinds. And all those things you absorb come out subconsciously one way or another. You'll be taking photographs and suddenly know that you have resources from having looked at a lot of them before. There is no way you can avoid this. But this kind of subconscious influence is good, and it certainly can work for one. In fact, the more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.
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I don't like that particular word 'shocking.' I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before … I was in a position to take those pictures. I felt an obligation to do them.
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I just try to live my life and do my thing.
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I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together.
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I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.
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I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.
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