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All Quotes by author - Robert Mapplethorpe

" Beauty and the devil are the same thing. "

" Happiness? No, it's not there for me. "

" I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree. "

" 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. "

" 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 no one thought anything about it. "

" I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with. "

" I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person. "

" I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it. "

" I don't think any collector knows his true motivation. "

" 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. "

" If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live. "

" I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame. "

" I just try to live my life and do my thing. "

" I just want to be written about as a normal artist. "

" I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before. "

" I'm not a photojournalist. "

" I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently. "

" I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself. "

" I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point. "

" I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made. "

" I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring. "

" I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life. "

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

" I wish I could be elegant. "

" I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please. "

" Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love. "

" My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be. "

" My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is. "

" My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be. "

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