I realized that I didn’t see many paintings with black people in them. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT BlackManyPaintingPeopleRealizeThem
SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT EndMindwashNowherePhilosophyPoliticsReligionSamo
Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I’ll do some great, awful painting about her. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AwfulGreatMadOccasionallyPaintingSomeWoman
I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AwfulBestDrugEverMoneyPaintingPeopleSome
I’d never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT ContestLoseneverPaintingPerfectRememberSpiderman
I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AwfulCompletelyDrugLotPeopleReclusiveWork
There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’ JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AllAroundExitThirtyThreadTimeWord
The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT CountryCrazierCrazyMakeMoreParanoidPeopleThinkThinking
I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT CrossesFactMakeMoreObscureReadThemWantWord
If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you’ve got to realize that influence is not influence. It’s simply someone’s idea going through my new mind. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT IdeaInfluenceMenMindRealizeTalkWanna
Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AttentionAttractCryFireHelpHelpingOther
I start a picture and I finish it. I don’t think about art while I work. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT ArtLifePictureStartThinking
I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT ArtLifeThinkingWork
I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT CartoonistExploreMakeWantedWishYoung
My favorite Twombly is ‘Apollo and the Artist,’ with the big ‘Apollo’ written across it. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AcrossApolloArtistBigFavoriteWritten
I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT BecomeFamousFeelingPeopleRomantic
The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT BlackMostPaintingPeoplePersonProtagonist
I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT CountryFameGalleryPeoplePersonStarWant
