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

SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

I'm not a real person. I'm a legend. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

I played a guitar with a file, and a synthesizer. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

When something is no longer working, changing your plans is not giving up. It's not failure. — Kylie Scott

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

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

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

You can fall into a trap, worrying too much about what the audience might think, rather than going from the inside out. — Vik Sahay

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

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

Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

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

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

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

Medicine men live in caves. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

Every single line means something. — 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. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

I have done only two portraits: one of the artist Francesco Clemente and another of Andy Warhol. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

God has never made a failure; that he gave birth to you means you are a success. Success is in your DNA. — Chris Oyakhilome

I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

Charles Saatchi has never liked my work at all. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

To me, when I think of New Age, I think of crystals and rainbows and platitudes. — Marianne Williamson

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

Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion. — Dalai Lama XIV

If you consider people, not countries, global inequality is falling rapidly. — Charles Wheelan

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

My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

For a comedy to work, magic has to happen. — Bradley Cooper

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

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