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> [I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/i-like-kids-work-more-than-work-by-real-artists-any-day/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

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## More by Jean-Michel Basquiat

> [Some days I can't get an idea, and I think, 'Man, I'm just washed up,' but it's just a mood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/some-days-i-can-t-get-an-idea-and-i-think-man-i-m-just-washed-up-but/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/i-was-a-really-lousy-artist-as-a-kid-too-abstract-expressionist-or-i/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

> [I am not a black artist, I am an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/i-am-not-a-black-artist-i-am-an-artist/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

> [Medicine men live in caves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/medicine-men-live-in-caves/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

> [Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/occasionally-when-i-get-mad-at-a-woman-i-ll-do-some-great-awful/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

> [“Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/most-young-kings-get-their-heads-cut-off/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

> [Charles Saatchi has never liked my work at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/charles-saatchi-has-never-liked-my-work-at-all/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

> [SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/samo-as-an-end-to-to-mindwash-religion-nowhere-politics-and-bogus/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

> [I have done only two portraits: one of the artist Francesco Clemente and another of Andy Warhol.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/i-have-done-only-two-portraits-one-of-the-artist-francesco-clemente/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

> [I wanted to build up a name for myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/i-wanted-to-build-up-a-name-for-myself/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

> [I want to make paintings that look as if they were made by a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/i-want-to-make-paintings-that-look-as-if-they-were-made-by-a-child/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/since-i-was-seventeen-i-thought-i-might-be-a-star-i-d-think-about-all/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

> [If I'm away from painting for a week, I get bored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/if-i-m-away-from-painting-for-a-week-i-get-bored/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/i-start-a-picture-and-i-finish-it-i-don-t-think-about-art-while-i/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/if-you-wanna-talk-about-influence-man-then-you-ve-got-to-realize-that/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

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