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. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)
I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
I am not a black artist, I am an artist. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Like an ape? A primate?...You said it, you said it. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
The more I paint the more I like everything. View quote
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 painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)
Believe it or not, I can actually draw. View quote
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 romantic feeling about how these people became famous. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.' View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
I wanted to build up a name for myself. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. View quote
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. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
I start a picture and I finish it. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Pay For Soup/Build A Fort/Set That On Fire. (Jean-Michel Basquiat)
1. sports 2. opera 3. weapons. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat
If I'm away from painting for a week, I get bored. View quote
Jean-Michel Basquiat