“To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.”
Art
“If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.”
ChangeAll Quotes by Robert Mapplethorpe
“This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.”
Hope“I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.”
Hope“Beauty and the devil are the same thing.”
Beauty“People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.”
Money“I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.”
Dad“When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.”
Art“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.”
Beauty“If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.”
Change“Happiness? No, it's not there for me.”
Happiness“My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.”
Dad