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I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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I try to think about life.
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Beautiful Life Think Tru
My favorite Twombly is ‘Apollo and the Artist,’ with the big ‘Apollo’ written across it.
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Across Apollo Artist Big Favorite Written
The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.
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Black Most Painting People Person Protagonist
I have a painting where somebody’s holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody’s head.
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Chicken Head Hold Painting Somebody Underneath
Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
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Actually Art Believe Draw Inspiration
Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.
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Attention Attract Cry Fire Help Helping Other
There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
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All Around Exit Thirty Thread Time Word
I cross out words so you will see them more
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Crosses More Out See World
I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.
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Awful Completely Drug Lot People Reclusive Work
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 wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
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Cartoonist Explore Make Wanted Wish Young
I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.
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Art Life Thinking Work
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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Crosses Fact Make More Obscure Read Them Want Word
The more I paint the more I like everything.
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Everything Like More Paint
I’d never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.
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Contest Lose never Painting Perfect Remember Spiderman
I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
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Country Fame Gallery People Person Star Want
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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Abstract Artist Big Draw Expressionist Head Kid Messy Ram Really Winning
The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
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Country Crazier Crazy Make More Paranoid People Think Thinking
I wanted to build up a name for myself.
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Build Myself Name Want
SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.
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End Mindwash Nowhere Philosophy Politics Religion Samo
I start a picture and I finish it. I don’t think about art while I work.
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Art Life Picture Start Thinking
Every single line means something.
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Every Line Mean Single Something
I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
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Become Famous Feeling People Romantic
Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I’d think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix…
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Celebrity Country Hero Heroes Peron Romantic Seventeen Star Think Thought
I start a picture and I finish it.
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Complete Finish Picture Start
Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I’ll do some great, awful painting about her.
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Awful Great Mad Occasionally Painting Some Woman
I realized that I didn’t see many paintings with black people in them.
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Black Many Painting People Realize Them

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