I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATI don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.
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Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.
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I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I’d draw a big ram’s head, really messy.
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I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
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I wanted to build up a name for myself.
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I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
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Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
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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 was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.
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I start a picture and I finish it.
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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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Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
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If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
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I have a painting where somebody’s holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody’s head.
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I like kids’ work more than work by real artists any day.
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I cross out words so you will see them more
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