107 Quotes by Robert Mapplethorpe

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

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

If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it’s as though I’ve neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.

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

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

My work is about seeing – seeing things like they haven’t been seen before.

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

My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can’t be.