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 on beauty
If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live. Robert Mapplethorpe on change
My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be. Robert Mapplethorpe on dad
I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please. Robert Mapplethorpe on dad