Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I’d think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix…
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATI cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.
More Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes
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If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
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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 have a painting where somebody’s holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody’s head.
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I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.
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Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
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SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.
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Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
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I don’t listen to what art critics say. I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
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I cross out words so you will see them more
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I realized that I didn’t see many paintings with black people in them.
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My favorite Twombly is ‘Apollo and the Artist,’ with the big ‘Apollo’ written across it.
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
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I try to think about life.
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I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
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