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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.
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
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Robert Maplethorpe
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe
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I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.
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I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together.
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When I create art, it's like holding hands with God.
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Whether it's an orgy or a cocktail party, I know how to do it.
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To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.
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I wish I could be elegant.
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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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My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
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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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I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.
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I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.
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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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The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.
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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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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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