Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes

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

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

…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 while I work…I try to think about life.

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

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

Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off

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

1. sports 2. opera 3. weapons.

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.

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

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

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