I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence,… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
If I had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
I was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child.… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
I think that it was a great advantage to go into photography not knowing much about it. Not thinking. I think one… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
I like to look at pictures, all kinds. And all those things you absorb come out subconsciously one way or another. You'll… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share
I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share
I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share
Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share
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… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share
I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share
If I had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very quick way… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share
I was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child. It still… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share
I think that it was a great advantage to go into photography not knowing much about it. Not thinking. I think one of the… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share
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 Copy Share
