Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes

Top 28 wise famous quotes and sayings by Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Jean-Michel Basquiat Famous Quotes & Sayings

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Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life. I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy. SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: I played a guitar with a file, and a synthesizer. I played a guitar with a file, and a synthesizer.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young. I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life. I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot. I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: 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. 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 quotes: The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier. The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: I am not a black artist, I am an artist. I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: Medicine men live in caves. Medicine men live in caves.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: Every single line means something. Every single line means something.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: Some days I can't get an idea, and I think, 'Man, I'm just washed up,' but it's just a mood. 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 quotes: I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head. I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: If I'm away from painting for a week, I get bored. If I'm away from painting for a week, I get bored.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: I have done only two portraits: one of the artist Francesco Clemente and another of Andy Warhol. I have done only two portraits: one of the artist Francesco Clemente and another of Andy Warhol.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.' There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to 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 quotes: Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help. Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: Charles Saatchi has never liked my work at all. Charles Saatchi has never liked my work at all.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it. My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off. Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her.
Jean-Michel Basquiat quotes: I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them. I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.