American - Artist | December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988
I'm not a real person. I'm a legend.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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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.
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The more I paint the more I like everything.
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I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.
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I start a picture and I finish it.
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Some days I can't get an idea, and I think, 'Man, I'm just washed up,' but it's just a mood.
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I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
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There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'
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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.
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I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.
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I wanted to build up a name for myself.
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I had very few friends. There was nobody I could trust. I left home when I was fifteen. I lived in Washington Square Park.
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