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Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes

I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Rest Thought My Life Going Bum

Whenever we come back from another project, we're always so stoked to see each other and play with each other again. I really feel like that's been the key to why we're still together as a band. I remember a period five or six years ago feeling a little burnt out and wasn't sure whether I wanted to keep doing it.

Together Key Feel Doing Remember

I'm especially keen to work with good scriptwriters on stories we have developed.

Work Good Stories Keen Developed

I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, 'Well, what do you love most?' That's how I started painting money.

Love Friend Money People Painting

This is the year you really put the stake in the ground.

Year You Ground Really Stake Put

I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke.

Me Singing Years Joke Laughing Many

Whenever something happens that makes me laugh or if I remember something in the middle of the night that I want to share, I jot the experience down.

Experience Me Night Laugh Remember

In this industry, you're so used to heartbreak because nine out of 10 times, you don't get what you want. But, that one out of 10 times, you do and it's just the best feeling in the world.

Best World You Feeling Want Out

Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not. Are deviations from full employment a social problem? Obviously.

Problem Routine Will Employment Full

My biggest extravagances are also investments. I have several houses in California, a house in Nashville, an office complex, and I bought the old home place in Tennessee. They are different places for me to write, but I can turn right around and sell them.

Home Me House I Can Place Office

My philosophy is to always find the smartest people you can. Hire people smarter than you.

People Philosophy You Find Always

I was raised a Democrat, and now I'm an Independent.

Now Independent I Was Raised Democrat

Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they are out of step with what's expected of them. Parenting can pose unique challenges for introverted parents, who fear that their own painful experiences will be repeated in their children's lives.

Fear Children Culture Parenting Step

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