Robert Mapplethorpe Quotes - Page 2

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Art, Made, Accurate

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Wall, Flower, Artist

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Needs, Lifestyle, Bizarre

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Father, Artist, Firefighter

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think that it was a great advantage to go into photography not knowing much about it. Not thinking. I think one of the problems with many photographers today is that they never see for themselves, but just like everybody else.

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Photography, Thinking, Knowing

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Photographer, Knows

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Creativity, Artist, Creative

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People have done pornographic pictures forever, but most of the people who involve themselves in explicit sexuality aren't really artists.

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Artist, People, Forever

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Selfish, Artist, Umpires

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The best picture I got was Bianca Jagger whispering in Mick's ear. I caught them telling a secret, which is sort of rude.

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Artist, Rude, Secret

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• 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

  Photography, Zero, Energy

  Janet Kardon, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Joselit, Kay Larson, University of Pennsylvania. Institute of Contemporary Art (1989). “Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect moment”, Inst of Contemporary Art

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Artist, People, Frustrating

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Artist, Scary, Hiv

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child. It still shows in how I arrange things. It's always little altars.

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Photography, Children, Sunday

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• I want to see something I've never seen before.

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Want

  Robert Mapplethorpe, Germano Celant, Hayward Gallery (1996). “Mapplethorpe”

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Obligation, Ifs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Education, Flower, Artist

  Robert Mapplethorpe, Germano Celant, Hayward Gallery (1996). “Mapplethorpe”

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• The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Art, Artist, Photograph

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Artist, Long, Fame

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Artist, Drug, Use

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Art, Ease, Photographer

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Sleep, Artist, Trying

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Artist, Happened

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I create art, it's like holding hands with God.

  Robert Mapplethorpe

  Art, Hands, Holding Hands

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