American - Artist | December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988
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
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
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My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.
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I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
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I want to make paintings that look as if they were made by a child.
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Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
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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.
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I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day.
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her.
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I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life.
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I was a cute kid.
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