Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATMost Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
More Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes
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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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The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
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My favorite Twombly is ‘Apollo and the Artist,’ with the big ‘Apollo’ written across it.
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I try to think about life.
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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 had some money, I made the best paintings ever.
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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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Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.
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The more I paint the more I like everything.
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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 start a picture and I finish it. I don’t think about art while I work.
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
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The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.
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Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
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