I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATIf I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
More Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes
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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 am not a black artist, I am an artist.
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Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
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I cross out words so you will see them more
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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 was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
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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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The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
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SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.
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I had some money, I made the best paintings ever.
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Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
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I like kids’ work more than work by real artists any day.
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I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life.
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