If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATI’d never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.
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The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
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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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I have a painting where somebody’s holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody’s head.
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There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
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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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Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
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Every single line means something.
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I cross out words so you will see them more
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I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
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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’d never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.
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I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
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I wanted to build up a name for myself.
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I try to think about life.
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