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Thursday, November 04, 2021

On Robert Mapplethorpe's Birthday

From Maria Popova at Brainpicker: Patti Smith Reads Letter to Robert Mapplethorpe About How He Taught Her What It Means to Be an Artist

“You drew me from the darkest period of my young life, sharing with me the sacred mystery of what it is to be an artist.”




Patti Smith by Robert Mapplethorpe (Courtesy of Tate Museum)