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.
I start a picture and I finish it. - Jean-Michel Basquiat
I start a picture and I finish it.
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day. - Jean-Michel Basquiat
I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day.
I don't think about art when I'm working. I think about life. - Jean-Michel Basquiat
I don't think about art when I'm working. I think about life.
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 start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life.
Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help. - Jean-Michel Basquiat
Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.
Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off. - Jean-Michel Basquiat
Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
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
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.
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
I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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
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…
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