I wanted to build up a name for myself.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATThe more I paint the more I like everything.
More Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes
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I try to think about life.
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SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.
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The more I paint the more I like everything.
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I like kids’ work more than work by real artists any day.
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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 have a painting where somebody’s holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody’s head.
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
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The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.
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I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
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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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If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
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Every single line means something.
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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 realized that I didn’t see many paintings with black people in them.
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Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.
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