Mapplethorpe Y Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful. — Robert Mapplethorpe

I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand. — Robert Mapplethorpe

He found it was as easy to hurl beauty as anything else. (On Robert Mapplethorpe) — Patti Smith

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

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

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

I just try to live my life and do my thing. — Robert Mapplethorpe

I came across Nell like you would a Robert Mapplethorpe at a street art fair, gobsmacked that something so valuable would be lumped in with a bunch of other crap like that. She'd been slumped against the bathroom wall in Butterfields, a dorm we later took to calling Butterfingers, for the lacrosse team residents who manhandled girls made Gumby-legged by Popov vodka. Even with her mouth hanging open, her tongue dry and pebbled white from all the medically sanctioned stimulants, there was no question that she had a movie star face. "Hey," I said, my — Jessica Knoll

If I had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very quick way to see, to make sculpture. — Robert Mapplethorpe

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

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

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium. I hold his work in low regard. — Jerzy Kosinski

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

Your work, coming from a fluid source, can be traced to the naked song of your youth. You spoke then of holding hands with God. Remember, through everything, you have always held that hand, grip it hard, Robert, and don't let go.

(letter to Robert Mapplethorpe, 1970) — Patti Smith

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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