People have done pornographic pictures forever, but most of the people who involve themselves in explicit sexuality aren't really artists.
Happiness? No, it's not there for me. - Robert Mapplethorpe
Happiness? No, it's not there for me.
- Robert Mapplethorpe
Beauty and the devil are the same thing. - Robert Mapplethorpe
Beauty and the devil are the same thing.
My work is about seeing - seeing things like they haven't been seen before. - Robert Mapplethorpe
My work is about seeing - seeing things like they haven't been seen before.
When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God. - Robert Mapplethorpe
When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
To make pictures big is to make them more powerful. - Robert Mapplethorpe
To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.
I don't think that there's that much difference between a photograph of a fist up someone's ass and a photograph of carnations in a bowl. - Robert Mapplethorpe
I don't think that there's that much difference between a photograph of a fist up someone's ass and a photograph of carnations in a bowl.
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
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.
When I’m behind a camera I forget I exist. - Robert Mapplethorpe
When I’m behind a camera I forget I exist.
I don't like that particular word 'shocking.' I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before … I was in a position to … - Robert Mapplethorpe
I don't like that particular word 'shocking.' I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before … I was in a position to …
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