“When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.”

Robert Mapplethorpe

“Beauty and the devil are the same thing.”

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

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

Robert Mapplethorpe

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

Robert Mapplethorpe