I start a picture and I finish it.

- Jean-Michel Basquiat

Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.

- Jean-Michel Basquiat

I don't think about art when I'm working. I think about life.

- Jean-Michel Basquiat

I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life.

- Jean-Michel Basquiat

I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day.

- Jean-Michel Basquiat

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.

- Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.

- Jean-Michel Basquiat

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 m…

- Jean-Michel Basquiat