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Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes



Quotes by Jean-Michel Basquiat - (20 quotes)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Artists category:

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

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Blocks category:

Some days I can't get an idea, and I think, 'Man, I'm just washed up,' but it's just a mood. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Boredom category:

If I'm away from painting for a week, I get bored. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Children category:

I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Critics category:

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)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Drawing category:

Believe it or not, I can actually draw. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Fame category:

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

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Fire category:

Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Influence category:

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 mind. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Influence category:

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 mind. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Innocence category:

I want to make paintings that look as if they were made by a child. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Lines category:

Every single line means something. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Materials category:

For a while, I was drawing on good paper, but now I've gone back to the bad stuff. I put matte medium on it. If you put matte medium on it, it seals up, so it doesn't really matter. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Painting category:

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

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Profession category:

I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Recognition category:

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

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Subject category:

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)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Thinking category:

I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Words category:

There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.' (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Jean-Michel Basquiat - From the Words category:

I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)