Jean-Michel Basquiat
painter, artivist, musicologist, record producer, composer, draftsperson, sculptor, graffiti artist, photographer, actor, architectural draftsperson, installation artist, visual artist, illustrator, muralist, cartoonist, musician, collagist
Read on Wikipedia1960 – 1988
All Quotes by 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.”
“I had very few friends. There was nobody I could trust. I left home when I was fifteen. I lived in Washington Square Park.”
“I don’t think about art while I work…I try to think about life.”
“Like an ape? A primate?...You said it, you said it.”
“I’m just an autodidact who would like to be part of the family of artists.”
“…I don't think it's good to be honest in interviews, I think it's better to lie.”
“I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.”
“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.”
“I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.”
“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.”