107 Quotes by Robert Mapplethorpe

I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point

I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life

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

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

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

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.

I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together.

I wish I could be elegant.

I don't think that there's that much difference between a photograph of a fist up someone's ass and a photograph of carnations in a bowl.