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" 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. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
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" 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. "
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" With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing. "
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" Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil. "
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" I just want to be written about as a normal artist. "
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" To make pictures big is to make them more powerful. "
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" I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point. "
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" I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame. "
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" The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved. "
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" Happiness? No, it's not there for me. "
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" I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence. "
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" 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. "
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" One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself. "
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" I just try to live my life and do my thing. "
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" I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with. "
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" I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" 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. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" Beauty and the devil are the same thing. "
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" I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be. "
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" I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring. "
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