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Robert Mapplethorpe [1946-1989] American

Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, known for his sensitive yet blunt treatment of controversial subject-matter in the large-scale, highly stylized black and white medium of photography.

Art, Beauty, Dad, Happiness, Money

Quote	Tags	Rank
To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.	Art	101
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 never satisfied.	Beauty	102
The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.	Art	103
People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.	Money	104
My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.		105
I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.	Dad	106
I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.		107
Happiness? No, it's not there for me.	Happiness	108
Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.		109
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.		110
I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.		111
Beauty and the devil are the same thing.	Beauty	112
I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.		113
When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.	Art	114
I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.		115
I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.		116
My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.		117
I just try to live my life and do my thing.		118
I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.		119
With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.		120
Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.		121
My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.	Dad	122
You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.		123
This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.		124
The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.		125
One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself.		126
Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.		201
If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.		202
I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.		203
I wish I could be elegant.		204
I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.		205
I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.		206
I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.		207
I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.		208
I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.		209
If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.		210
I'm not a photojournalist.		211
I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.		212
I just want to be written about as a normal artist.		213
I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.		214
I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.		215
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 no one thought anything about it.		216

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