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 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
