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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

He tried to smile, but it was just a shape his mouth made. — Melissa Bank

I would say anybody who's willing to listen to Dark Side of the Moon and watch The Wizard of Oz is already a very sensitive, creative person. — Wayne Coyne

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

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

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

I'm looking to get in the best shape possible for London and not worrying about rivals. — Dayron Robles

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

I'm hidden in the scream when the virgin dies, I'm the ache in the belly when your baby cries, and I'm the burning sensation when the convict fries. — Alice Cooper

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

The heart contracts as the pocket expands. — Christian Nestell Bovee

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

Medicine men live in caves. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

I've quit.
I didn't get your resignation letter. Invite me in. — Kitty French

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

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice. — Voltaire

Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven. — Angel Olsen

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

I just have a dream mountain under the eyelids, this is my breath, my life. — Wojciech Kurtyka

Since my childhood, I have always made works with polka dots. Earth, moon, sun and human beings all represent dots; a single particle among billions. — Yayoi Kusama

Yesterday, we slaughtered them and we will continue to slaughter them. — Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

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

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

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

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

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

It's not annoying if only a couple of people come up. If a bunch of them crowd around me, it's annoying. — Brian Bonsall

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

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

To a journalist, good news is often not news at all. — Phil Donahue