Robert Mapplethorpe Quotes

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• My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
• When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
• I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
• I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.
• My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.
• People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.
• With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.
• 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…
• I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.
• 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 was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child. It still shows…
• 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…
• I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together.
• 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…
• 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…
• Happiness? No, it's not there for me.
• Beauty and the devil are the same thing.
• I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.
• I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay and…
• I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.

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