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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
Photographer
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Floral Park
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Robert Michael Mapplethorpe
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Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
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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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I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.
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I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.
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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've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.
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I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.
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When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
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