Robert Mapplethorpe Quotes - Page 2

My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.

Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.

With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.

I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.

I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.

If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.

People have done pornographic pictures forever, but most of the people who involve themselves in explicit sexuality aren't really artists.

I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.

The best picture I got was Bianca Jagger whispering in Mick's ear. I caught them telling a secret, which is sort of rude.

This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.

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.

I want to see something I've never seen before.

Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.

You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.

The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.

I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.

Happiness? No, it's not there for me.

I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself

I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.

One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself.

I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.

When I create art, it's like holding hands with God.

I wish I could be elegant.