Author: Robert Mapplethorpe

Quotes

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

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

- Robert Mapplethorpe

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

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

- Robert Mapplethorpe

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

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

- 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.

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

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

- Robert Mapplethorpe

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

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

- Robert Mapplethorpe

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

- Robert Mapplethorpe

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

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

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

- Robert Mapplethorpe

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