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Robert Mapplethorpe
1946 – 1989 • American • Photographer
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Showing 42 quotesI always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.— Robert Mapplethorpe
I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.— 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
Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.— Robert Mapplethorpe
The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.— 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
My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.— 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
I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.— Robert Mapplethorpe
People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.— Robert Mapplethorpe