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

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

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.

People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.

My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.

With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

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

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

I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.

Robert Mapplethorpe