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

Robert Mapplethorpe

“To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.”

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

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

Robert Mapplethorpe