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The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.
Robert Mapplethorpe
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Robert Mapplethorpe
Age: 42 †
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
Died: 1989
Died: March 18
Collagist
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Floral Park
Queens
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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.
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I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.
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I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.
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Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.
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My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
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The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.
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People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.
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I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together.
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I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
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I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
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I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.
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With photography, you zero in you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.
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I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.
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I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.
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My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.
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Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
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I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.
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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.
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I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.
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Beauty and the devil are the same thing.
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