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.
Robert MapplethorpeI would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
Robert MapplethorpeI don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
Robert Mapplethorpe