“ I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please. Robert Mapplethorpe
“ People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography. Robert Mapplethorpe
“ 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
