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I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#educate #flowers #good #good way #i

Every story was being made up. My true friends weren't the ones speaking. It was people who never knew me, making up stories. Even my local paper put a $1,000 bounty out for information about my whereabouts. ↗

— Marla Maples

#being #bounty #even #every #friends

I created a production company. Right now I am so happy in my work. ↗

— Marla Maples

#company #created #happy #i #i am

I have a little baby. She knows who I am. My friends know. My family knows. ↗

— Marla Maples

#baby #family #friends #i #i am

I met Donald Trump in '85. I ran into him several times throughout the years. We knew we had this connection, but it wasn't appropriate timing. So we'd spend a lot of time on the telephone. By '88, I knew I truly loved this guy. ↗

— Marla Maples

#connection #donald #donald trump #guy #had

I think what he loved about me the most was that I wasn't part of that world. But once we were together publicly, he wanted to change me into that social animal. ↗

— Marla Maples

#animal #change #i #i think #into

When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same thing when I'm behind a camera. I forget I exist. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#behind #camera #even #exist #forget

I went to work. That was a turning point. When you have to do eight shows a week and your name is on the marquee, no matter what is going on at home or what's on the cover of the newspapers, you've got to do your job. ↗

— Marla Maples

#eight #going #got #home #i

I'm not a big believer in a thing called luck. I believe it has a lot to do with fate and just really having a vision of the way you would see your life. ↗

— Marla Maples

#believer #big #big believer #called #fate

I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#art #been #before #i #i see