Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

1. sports 2. opera 3. weapons.

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

Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off

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