Robert Mapplethorpe
I like to look at pictures, all kinds. And all those things you absorb come out subconsciously one way or another. You'll be taking photographs and suddenly know that you have resources from having looked at a lot of them before. There is no way you can avoid this. But this kind of subconscious influence is good, and it certainly can work for one. In fact, the more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.Collection: Looks
I come from suburban America. It was a very safe environment and it was a good place to come from in that it was a good place to leave.Collection: Safe Environment
I think that it was a great advantage to go into photography not knowing much about it. Not thinking. I think one of the problems with many photographers today is that they never see for themselves, but just like everybody else.Collection: Photography
People have done pornographic pictures forever, but most of the people who involve themselves in explicit sexuality aren't really artists.Collection: Artist
The best picture I got was Bianca Jagger whispering in Mick's ear. I caught them telling a secret, which is sort of rude.Collection: Artist
I was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child. It still shows in how I arrange things. It's always little altars.Collection: Photography
Whether it's an orgy or a cocktail party, I know how to do it.Collection: Party
I want to see something I've never seen before.Collection: Want
I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myselfCollection: Education
I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.Collection: Artist
When I create art, it's like holding hands with God.Collection: Art