People
Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe photo

Robert Mapplethorpe Quotes

Total quotes: 3

Robert Mapplethorpe photo

Robert Mapplethorpe

Birthname

Birthday: November 4, 1946

Birthplace: Floral Park, New York, United States

Death: March 9, 1989

Educated At: Pratt Institute

Manner of Death: Natural Causes

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Photographer

Religion: Reform Judaism

Total quotes: 3

“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.”

— Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Mapplethorpe: Interview

Tagged: Perfection, Never Complete, Ideals, Striving For Perfection, Life Under The Shadow of Idealism

“With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short periods, short moments, and then you go on to the next thing. It seems to allow you to function in a very contemporary way and still produce material.”

— Robert Mapplethorpe, Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art

Tagged: Photography, Short Attention Span

“My work is about seeing — seeing things like they haven't been seen before.”

— Robert Mapplethorpe, Caving In at the Corcoran

Tagged: Make It New, Art, Photography

loading next page...