Robert Mapplethorpe – 11 Quotes

11 Quotes by Robert Mapplethorpe

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

– Robert Mapplethorpe

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

– Robert Mapplethorpe

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

– 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

If I have to change my lifestyle, I don’t want to live.

– Robert Mapplethorpe

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

– Robert Mapplethorpe

My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can’t be.

– Robert Mapplethorpe

Happiness? No, it’s not there for me.

– Robert Mapplethorpe

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

– Robert Mapplethorpe

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

– Robert Mapplethorpe

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

– Robert Mapplethorpe