Beauty and the devil are the same thing.
Robert Mapplethorpe
I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.
My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.
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.
When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same thing when I'm behind a camera. I forget I exist.
To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.
I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.
I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.
I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.
I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.
The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.
If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.
The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.
You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.
I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.
My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.
Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.
I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.
Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.
I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.
With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.
When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
I wish I could be elegant.
Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.
Happiness? No, it's not there for me.
I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.
I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.
I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.
If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.
I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.
People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.
One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself.
My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.
I'm not a photojournalist.
I just want to be written about as a normal artist.
I just try to live my life and do my thing.
I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.
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.
