Robert Mapplethorpe's Quotes

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.

I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.

I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.

People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.

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

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

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

Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.

Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.

With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.

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

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.

I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.

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

I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.

I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.

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

I just want to be written about as a normal artist.

I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.

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