"I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.“
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
"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
"Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.“
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'm not a photojournalist.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point. “
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.“
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
"To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
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
"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
"Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.“
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'm not a photojournalist.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point. “
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.“
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
"To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.“
Robert Mapplethorpe
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
4. NOV. 1946 - 9. MÄRZ 1989