Robert Mapplethorpe
When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
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Robert Mapplethorpe
To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.
art
Robert Mapplethorpe
Beauty and the devil are the same thing.
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Robert Mapplethorpe
I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied.
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Robert Mapplethorpe
If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.
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Robert Mapplethorpe
My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
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Robert Mapplethorpe
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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Robert Mapplethorpe
Happiness? No, it's not there for me.
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Robert Mapplethorpe
This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.
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Robert Mapplethorpe
I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.
hope
Robert Mapplethorpe
People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.
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