Artist Quote by Robert Mapplethorpe

People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.

— Robert Mapplethorpe

I just want to be written about as a normal artist

— Robert Mapplethorpe

The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.

— Robert Mapplethorpe

I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.

— Robert Mapplethorpe

One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself

— Robert Mapplethorpe

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

— Robert Mapplethorpe

Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Robert Mapplethorpe

This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.

— 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…

— Robert Mapplethorpe