Quotes By Robert Mapplethorpe

I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.

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.

The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.

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

I wish I could be elegant.

I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.

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

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

People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.