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Robert Mapplethorpe
November 4, 1946 - March 9, 1989
Nationality: American
Category: Photographer
Subcategory: American Photographer

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

   

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.

   

One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself.

   

Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.

   

When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.

   

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

   

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

   

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

   

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

   

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

   

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

   

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.

   

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.

   

The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.

   

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

   

I'm not a photojournalist.

   

Whether it's an orgy or a cocktail party, I know how to do it.

   

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

   

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

   

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

   

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