About Robert Mapplethorpe:
Robert Mapplethorpe is that of the underground bondage and sadomasochistic BDSM scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s of New York. The homoeroticism of this work fuelled a national debate over the public funding of controversial artwork.
The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.
Robert MapplethorpeI would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
Robert MapplethorpeI played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.
Robert MapplethorpeI don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
Robert MapplethorpeI always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.
Robert Mapplethorpe