Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
I’d never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.
More Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes
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Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
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I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
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Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.
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If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
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I cross out words so you will see them more
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
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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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The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
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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 wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
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The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings.
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I like kids’ work more than work by real artists any day.
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Every single line means something.
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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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