Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I’d think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix… JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT CelebrityCountryHeroHeroesPeronRomanticSeventeenStarThinkThought
I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I’d draw a big ram’s head, really messy. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AbstractArtistBigDrawExpressionistHeadKidMessyRamReallyWinning
I have a painting where somebody’s holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody’s head. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT ChickenHeadHoldPaintingSomebodyUnderneath
I don’t listen to what art critics say. I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AnybodyArtCriticsFindKistenNeedSay
