I realized that I didn’t see many paintings with black people in them.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATThe black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.
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I cross out words so you will see them more
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I wanted to build up a name for myself.
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Every single line means something.
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I had some money, I made the best paintings ever.
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There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
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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 country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
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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 am not a black artist, I am an artist.
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Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
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SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.
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If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
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I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
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I like kids’ work more than work by real artists any day.
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The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.
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