Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat33 quotes“I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.”
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I had some money, I made the best paintings ever.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I try to think about life.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I’d never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I wanted to build up a name for myself.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat 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.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I start a picture and I finish it. I don’t think about art while I work.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat
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