I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree. Robert Mapplethorpe More Quotes by Robert Mapplethorpe More Quotes From Robert Mapplethorpe To make pictures big is to make them more powerful. Robert Mapplethorpe architecturepowerfulphotographer 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 artistperfectwant 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 differencesfiststhinking 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 partyphotographyartist 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 take those pictures. I felt an obligation to do them. Robert Mapplethorpe obligationpositionunexpected When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God. Robert Mapplethorpe photographyhandsart Beauty and the devil are the same thing. Robert Mapplethorpe devilphotographer 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 photographyartistsex My work is about seeing - seeing things like they haven't been seen before. Robert Mapplethorpe seeinghavens I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence. Robert Mapplethorpe photographyperfecttoday I just try to live my life and do my thing. Robert Mapplethorpe living-my-lifeartisttrying The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer. Robert Mapplethorpe great-photographyphotographyphotographer If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up. Robert Mapplethorpe wake-upessentialsphotography I come from suburban America. It was a very safe environment and it was a good place to come from in that it was a good place to leave. Robert Mapplethorpe safe-environmentgood-placeamerica 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 photographytwoyears 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 accuratemadeart 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 photographysakehands Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight. Robert Mapplethorpe wallflowerartist I like to look at pictures, all kinds. And all those things you absorb come out subconsciously one way or another. You'll be taking photographs and suddenly know that you have resources from having looked at a lot of them before. There is no way you can avoid this. But this kind of subconscious influence is good, and it certainly can work for one. In fact, the more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer. Robert Mapplethorpe factslooksway You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations. Robert Mapplethorpe obligationifs
