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I was a cute kid.

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I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.

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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.

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Charles Saatchi has never liked my work at all.

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I have done only two portraits: one of the artist Francesco Clemente and another of Andy Warhol.

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I had very few friends. There was nobody I could trust. I left home when I was fifteen. I lived in Washington Square Park.

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My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.

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For a while, I was drawing on good paper, but now I've gone back to the bad stuff. I put matte medium on it. If you put matte medium on it, it seals up, so it doesn't really matter.

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My basic influence had probably been Peter Max.

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I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: December 22nd, 1960

Died: August 12th, 1988

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