Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes

I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.
Jean-Michel Basquiat

I start a picture and I finish it.
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Start, Picture, Finish

Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
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

Art, Find, Listen

The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Crazy, Country, Makes

I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
Jean-Michel Basquiat

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.
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Money, Best, Made

The more I paint the more I like everything.
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Everything, Paint

I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life.
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Life, Thought, Rest

I wanted to build up a name for myself.
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Wanted, Name, Build

Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her.
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Great, Woman, Mad

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.
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Romantic, Famous, Feeling

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Wanted, Star, Gallery

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: December 22, 1960

Died: August 12, 1988

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