Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes

I don’t think about art while I work…I try to think about life.

I just looked at a lot of things. And that’s how I learnt about art, by looking at it.

JIMMY BEST ON HIS BACK TO THE SUCKERPUNCH OF HIS CHILDHOOD FILES

…I don't think it's good to be honest in interviews, I think it's better to lie.

I’m just an autodidact who would like to be part of the family of artists.

1. sports 2. opera 3. weapons.

Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.

Art is how we decorate space;
Music is how we decorate time.

Pay For Soup/Build A Fort/Set That On Fire

Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off

I don’t listen to what art critics say. I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence. It's simply someone's idea going through my new mind.

Like an ape? A primate?...You said it, you said it.