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Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
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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Flower
Wall
Public
Uptight
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Walls
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Hang
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Flowers
Sell
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When I create art, it's like holding hands with God.
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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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To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.
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I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.
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