I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I’d draw a big ram’s head, really messy.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATThe country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
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Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
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I start a picture and I finish it.
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I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
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The more I paint the more I like everything.
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There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
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I try to think about life.
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I had some money, I made the best paintings ever.
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I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.
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If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
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I like kids’ work more than work by real artists any day.
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I wanted to build up a name for myself.
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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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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I’ll do some great, awful painting about her.
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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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