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I wish I could be elegant.

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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
Elegant
Wish

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You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.
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To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.
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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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Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
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I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.
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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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My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
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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 recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.
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I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
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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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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 photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.
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I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.
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Whether it's an orgy or a cocktail party, I know how to do it.
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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 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'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.
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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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My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.
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