"I don't like that particular word 'shocking.' I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before â€¦ I was in a position to take those pictures. I felt an obligation to do them."

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Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

Robert Mapplethorpe

#Unexpected Quotes #Obligation Quotes #Particular Quotes

“When you play, never mind who listens to you.”

Source : Robert Schumann (1860). “Advice to Young Musicians”, p.10
“Having all eyes on me at all times is hard to deal with, but it's great. It feels like you've already accomplished something. It's already predetermined that you're going to do well.”
“To win it all, winners have to be obsessive about the fundamentals and doing the little things right.”
“There's only one thing on my mind. There's only one goal. One aim. One focus.”
“My recovery, though slower than hoped for, is nevertheless assured.”
“It was probably in third grade - I had a super fake, gold herringbone chain. I don't remember if it was my mom's or how I got it, but ever since then, I've loved chains.”
“We used to have a dog named Snoopy, you know, a real live dog. I suppose people who love Snoopy won't like it, but we gave him away. He fought with other dogs, so we traded him in for a load of gravel.”
“And so, too, I speak of love: he who is held by it is held by the strongest of bonds, and yet the stress is pleasant. Moreover, he can sweetly bear all that happens to him. When one has found this bond, he looks for no other.”

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