I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATEvery single line means something.
More Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes
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The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.
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I start a picture and I finish it. I don’t think about art while I work.
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I realized that I didn’t see many paintings with black people in them.
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I try to think about life.
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I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.
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Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
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If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you’ve got to realize that influence is not influence. It’s simply someone’s idea going through my new mind.
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I’d never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.
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I wanted to build up a name for myself.
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Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
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I don’t listen to what art critics say. I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.
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I had some money, I made the best paintings ever.
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
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Every single line means something.
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