Every single line means something.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATIf 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.
More Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes
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I had some money, I made the best paintings ever.
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I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
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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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I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
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I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.
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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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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.
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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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I have a painting where somebody’s holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody’s head.
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
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Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I’d think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix…
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I start a picture and I finish it.
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Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
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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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If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
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