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title: "2 Forget Exist Quotes By Robert Mapplethorpe"
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> [When I’m behind a camera I forget I exist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/when-i-m-behind-a-camera-i-forget-i-exist/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/when-i-have-sex-with-someone-i-forget-who-i-am-for-a-minute-i-even/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

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## More by Robert Mapplethorpe

> [People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/people-don-t-have-time-to-wait-for-somebody-to-paint-their-portraits/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [I just want to be written about as a normal artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/i-just-want-to-be-written-about-as-a-normal-artist/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/the-more-pictures-you-see-the-better-you-are-as-a-photographer/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/i-don-t-use-recreational-drugs-except-for-cocaine-hallucinogens-and/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/one-must-ease-the-public-into-it-that-s-an-art-in-itself/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/i-went-into-photography-because-it-seemed-like-the-perfect-vehicle/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/whenever-you-make-love-to-someone-there-should-be-three-people/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/if-a-day-goes-by-without-my-doing-something-related-to-photography-it/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/i-became-the-toast-of-london-a-lot-of-people-i-met-came-from-these/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [If I had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very quick way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/if-i-had-been-born-one-or-two-hundred-years-ago-i-might-have-been-a/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/this-aids-stuff-is-pretty-scary-i-hope-i-don-t-get-it/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [I was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child. It still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/i-was-a-catholic-boy-i-went-to-church-every-sunday-a-church-has-a/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [I think that it was a great advantage to go into photography not knowing much about it. Not thinking. I think one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/i-think-that-it-was-a-great-advantage-to-go-into-photography-not/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/i-see-things-like-they-ve-never-been-seen-before-art-is-an-accurate/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

> [I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/i-recorded-that-because-it-happened-to-me-i-wasn-t-making-a-point/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

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