I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATMy favorite Twombly is ‘Apollo and the Artist,’ with the big ‘Apollo’ written across it.
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I start a picture and I finish it.
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There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
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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’d never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.
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I try to think about life.
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I like kids’ work more than work by real artists any day.
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I wanted to build up a name for myself.
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I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
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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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SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.
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I realized that I didn’t see many paintings with black people in them.
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I’ll do some great, awful painting about her.
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If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
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My favorite Twombly is ‘Apollo and the Artist,’ with the big ‘Apollo’ written across it.
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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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