I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATThe black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.
More Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes
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The more I paint the more I like everything.
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There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
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I realized that I didn’t see many paintings with black people in them.
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I start a picture and I finish it.
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I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.
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I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
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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 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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Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
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I start a picture and I finish it. I don’t think about art while I work.
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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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The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.
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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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I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
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