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I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together.
Robert Mapplethorpe
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Robert Mapplethorpe
Age: 42 †
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
Died: 1989
Died: March 18
Collagist
Photo Artist
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Floral Park
Queens
Bob Mapplethorpe
Robert Maplethorpe
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe
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More quotes by Robert Mapplethorpe
My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.
Robert Mapplethorpe
When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
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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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When I create art, it's like holding hands with God.
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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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The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.
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I was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child. It still shows in how I arrange things. It's always little altars.
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To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.
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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.
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The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.
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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 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 wish I could be elegant.
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People have done pornographic pictures forever, but most of the people who involve themselves in explicit sexuality aren't really artists.
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I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.
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Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
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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 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.
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Whether it's an orgy or a cocktail party, I know how to do it.
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I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.
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