Tag: Jean-Michel Basquiat
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My basic influence had probably been Peter Max.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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I have a painting where somebody’s holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody’s head.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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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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There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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I wanted to build up a name for myself.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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For a while, I was drawing on good paper, but now I’ve gone back to the bad stuff. I put matte medium on it. If you put matte medium on it, it seals up, so it doesn’t really matter.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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I have done only two portraits: one of the artist Francesco Clemente and another of Andy Warhol.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I’ll do some great, awful painting about her.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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I like kids’ work more than work by real artists any day.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
Jean-Michel Basquiat