Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988

Topics

PeopleBlackPersonSeeMostMany

When my father started talking about strip mining in the Appalachia back in the '60s, I remember a conversation I had with him where he said, you know, this is the richest state in the country if you look at the resources and the land, but the poorest people after the state of Mississippi: the 49th poorest people in the country.

Robert Kennedy, Jr.

FatherPeopleTalkingRememberLook

It took me a year just to edit 'Shotgun Stories.' Actually, it took me two years to edit 'Shotgun Stories.'

Jeff Nichols

MeYearTwoYearsJustStories

The FISA Amendment Act of 2008 actually allows some of the things we were doing under the president's authority only against al Qaeda, it allows them for all legitimate foreign intelligence purposes.

Michael Hayden

IntelligenceDoingAuthorityAct

Two thoughts occur to just about any parent whose child is about to enter college. The first is, 'I can't believe how quickly the years have gone by.' The second: 'I can't believe how much it costs.' As one of those parents, I did my best to get past the disturbing first thought and tried to calm my churning stomach while dealing with the second.

Steven Levy

BestPastChildParentsCollege

First you wonder if they're separate stories, but no, they're not, they're contingent stories and they form a pattern. And you begin with some of the island as the place to which the heroine of the book returns.

Robert Creeley

BookYouWonderPlaceIslandFirst

The Grail is the womb of the beloved.

Robert Anton Wilson

BelovedWombGrail

I've found that people who design computers don't know a lot about displays.

Mary Lou Jepsen

PeopleComputersDesignKnowFound

It makes so much sense to just love what you do and go to work every day to get to get to work.

Millie Bobby Brown

WorkLoveDayYouEvery DayGo

You never know what's going on in someone else's life and that you can't always understand how what you say or what you do - no matter how big or small it may seem to you, it could be the end of the world for someone else.

Devin Druid

LifeWorldSmallEndSomeoneYou

If I hear a story or a fact about somebody I don't know and have never met, it's like getting a hollow vessel that you can fill up with whatever you want. That's more tempting to me than to try to replicate what I actually know.

Claire Messud

MeStoryYouKnowWantNever

If you want to be the best, you can't take the path of least resistance. Every morning, you wake up, and your mind tells you it's too early, and your body tells you you're a little too sore, but you've got to look deep within yourself and know what you want and what you're striving for.

Antonio Brown

MorningPathBestYourselfMindYou

Travel is a passion. I intend seeing the world.

Anushka Shetty

PassionTravelWorldSeeingIntend

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Jean-Michel Basquiat