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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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Robert Mapplethorpe
Age: 42 †
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
Died: 1989
Died: March 18
Collagist
Photo Artist
Photographer
Sculptor
Floral Park
Queens
Bob Mapplethorpe
Robert Maplethorpe
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe
Photography
Somebody
Waiting
Money
Time
Portraits
People
Anymore
Paint
Wait
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I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together.
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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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Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
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To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.
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When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
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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 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.
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My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
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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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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.
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