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I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.
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
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I wish I could be elegant.
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I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together.
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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 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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Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.
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I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
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To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.
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I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.
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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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The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.
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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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My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
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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 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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