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

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

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

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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

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The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.
Robert Mapplethorpe

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

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This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.
Robert Mapplethorpe

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The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.
Robert Mapplethorpe

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My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.
Robert Mapplethorpe

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

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

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I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay and no one thought anything about it.
Robert Mapplethorpe

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

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I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.
Robert Mapplethorpe

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