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Jean-Michel Basquiat

painter, artivist, musicologist, record producer, composer, draftsperson, sculptor, graffiti artist, photographer, actor, architectural draftsperson, installation artist, visual artist, illustrator, muralist, cartoonist, musician, collagist

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1960 – 1988

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the neo-expressionism movement.

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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.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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.

Jean-Michel Basquiat