I have a painting where somebody’s holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody’s head.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATI don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.
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I wanted to build up a name for myself.
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I realized that I didn’t see many paintings with black people in them.
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
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Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.
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There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
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I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.
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I try to think about life.
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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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Every single line means something.
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I cross out words so you will see them more
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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 wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
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I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
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I start a picture and I finish it.
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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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