Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Biography
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
"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."
"I don’t think about art while I work…I try to think about life."
"Like an ape? A primate?...You said it, you said it."
"I’m just an autodidact who would like to be part of the family of artists."
"…I don't think it's good to be honest in interviews, I think it's better to lie."
"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."
"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."
"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."