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I'm not a real person. I'm a legend.

~Jean-Michel Basquiat

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The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them.

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I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.

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

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I start a picture and I finish it.

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Believe it or not, I can actually draw.

~Jean-Michel Basquiat

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The more I paint the more I like everything.

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The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.

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I want to make paintings that look as if they were made by a child.

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Some days I can't get an idea, and I think, 'Man, I'm just washed up,' but it's just a mood.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: December 22nd, 1960

Died: August 12th, 1988

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