The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATI don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.
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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 had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
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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
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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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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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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 wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
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If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
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I 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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My favorite Twombly is ‘Apollo and the Artist,’ with the big ‘Apollo’ written across it.
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Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
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