Artist Quotes by Jean-Michel Basquiat

14 Artist quotes by Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Basquiat’s raw energy still resonates, and these 14 lines give a quick pulse on how he saw the role of the creator. Though brief, the collection offers a solid entry point for anyone curious about his unapologetic take on art.

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If I'm away from painting for a week, I get bored.

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I am not a black artist, I am an artist.

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

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Charles Saatchi has never liked my work at all.

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

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Believe it or not, I can actually draw.

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The more I paint the more I like everything.

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I want to make paintings that look as if they were made by a child.

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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.…

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I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head.

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My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.

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I have done only two portraits: one of the artist Francesco Clemente and another of Andy Warhol.

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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 was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd…

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Some days I can't get an idea, and I think, 'Man, I'm just washed up,' but it's just a mood.

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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…

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I am not a black artist, I am an artist.

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Medicine men live in caves.

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

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“Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off”

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Charles Saatchi has never liked my work at all.

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SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.

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I have done only two portraits: one of the artist Francesco Clemente and another of Andy Warhol.

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I wanted to build up a name for myself.

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I want to make paintings that look as if they were made by a child.

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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…

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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. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life.

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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…

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