Jean-Michel Basquiat

Biography

Quotes

  • I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.
  • I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
  • 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.
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