Quotes By Robert Mapplethorpe
People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.
Robert Mapplethorpe
Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.
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 and no one thought anything about it.
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
You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.
Robert Mapplethorpe
I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
Robert Mapplethorpe
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.
Robert Mapplethorpe
I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
Robert Mapplethorpe
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
I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.
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
With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.
Robert Mapplethorpe
Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
Robert Mapplethorpe