List of Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes

I Wanted To Be A Cartoonist When I Was Young.

My Favorite Twombly Is 'apollo And The Artist,' With The Big 'apollo' Written Across It.

If I'm Away From Painting For A Week, I Get Bored.

I Have A Painting Where Somebody's Holding A Chicken, And Underneath The Chicken Is Somebody's Head.

I Start A Picture And I Finish It.

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.

Occasionally, When I Get Mad At A Woman, I'll Do Some Great, Awful Painting About Her.

I Wanted To Build Up A Name For Myself.

The Country Makes Me More Paranoid, You Know? I Think The Crazy People Out There Are Little Crazier.

There Are About 30 Words Around You All The Time, Like 'thread' Or 'exit.'

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.

Samo As An End To To Mindwash Religion, Nowhere Politics And Bogus Philosophy.