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

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• Robert Mapplethorpe:

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

• Robert Mapplethorpe:

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

• Robert Mapplethorpe:

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

• Robert Mapplethorpe:

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

• Robert Mapplethorpe:

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

• Robert Mapplethorpe:

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

• Robert Mapplethorpe:

  If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid parti

• Robert Mapplethorpe:

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

• Robert Mapplethorpe:

  I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.

• Robert Mapplethorpe:

  I'm not a photojournalist.