If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATThere are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
More Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes
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I start a picture and I finish it.
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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 try to think about life.
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SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.
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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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I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.
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Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.
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There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
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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 was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I’d draw a big ram’s head, really messy.
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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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The more I paint the more I like everything.
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Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
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I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.
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My favorite Twombly is ‘Apollo and the Artist,’ with the big ‘Apollo’ written across it.
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