I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
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The more I paint the more I like everything.
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
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I try to think about life.
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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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The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
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I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
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I wanted to build up a name for myself.
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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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I realized that I didn’t see many paintings with black people in them.
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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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If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
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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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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 like kids’ work more than work by real artists any day.
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