Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I’d think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix…
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATThe black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.
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I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.
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The more I paint the more I like everything.
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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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I had some money, I made the best paintings ever.
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I start a picture and I finish it.
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I try to think about life.
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Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
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The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.
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I wanted to build up a name for myself.
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The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
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I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.
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SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.
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I realized that I didn’t see many paintings with black people in them.
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I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
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Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.
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