Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes
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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.”
-- Jean-Michel BasquiatSource : Jean Michel Basquiat, Rudy Chiappini (2005). “Basquiat”, Museo D'Arte Moderna Citta Di Lugano
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“The more I paint the more I like everything.”
-- Jean-Michel BasquiatSource : Jean Michel Basquiat, Rudy Chiappini (2005). “Basquiat”, Museo D'Arte Moderna Citta Di Lugano
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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 start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life.”
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“I am not a black artist, I am an artist.”
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“I cross out words so you will see them more”
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“I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.”
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“Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.”
-- Jean-Michel BasquiatSource : Jean-Michel Basquiat, Civico museo Revoltella (1999). “Basquiat”, Walker Art Center
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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... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.”
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“Believe it or not, I can actually draw.”
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“I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day.”
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“The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them.”
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“If I'm away from painting for a week, I get bored.”
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“I start a picture and I finish it.”
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“There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'”
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“I wanted to build up a name for myself.”
-- Jean-Michel BasquiatSource : Jean Michel Basquiat, Rudy Chiappini (2005). “Basquiat”, Museo D'Arte Moderna Citta Di Lugano
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“Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her.”
-- Jean-Michel BasquiatSource : Jean-Michel Basquiat, Civico museo Revoltella (1999). “Basquiat”, Walker Art Center
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“The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.”
-- Jean-Michel BasquiatSource : Jean Michel Basquiat, Rudy Chiappini (2005). “Basquiat”, Museo D'Arte Moderna Citta Di Lugano
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“I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head.”
-- Jean-Michel BasquiatSource : Jean-Michel Basquiat, Civico museo Revoltella (1999). “Basquiat”, Walker Art Center
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“My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.”
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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. I'd never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.”
-- Jean-Michel BasquiatSource : Jean Michel Basquiat, Rudy Chiappini (2005). “Basquiat”, Museo D'Arte Moderna Citta Di Lugano
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“I don't think about art when I'm working. I think about life.”
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“Every single line means something.”
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“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.”
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“I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.”
-- Jean-Michel BasquiatSource : Jean-Michel Basquiat, Civico museo Revoltella (1999). “Basquiat”, Walker Art Center
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“SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.”
-- Jean-Michel BasquiatSource : Jean Michel Basquiat, Rudy Chiappini (2005). “Basquiat”, Museo D'Arte Moderna Citta Di Lugano
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“I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.”
-- Jean-Michel Basquiat
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