Quotes from Robert Mapplethorpe

I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

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

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 would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.