What did Jean-Michel Basquiat mean by: The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier. Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter Copy
+ I have a painting where somebody’s holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody’s head. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Interpretation, Surrealism, Symbolism, 0 Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter
+ I cross out words so you will see them more Author, July 19, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Communication, Editing, Visibility, 0 Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter
+ I don’t think about art when I’m working. I think about life. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Creativity, Inspiration, Reality, 0 Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter
+ If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored. Author, October 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Commitment, Creativity, Passion, 0 Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter
+ My favorite Twombly is ‘Apollo and the Artist,’ with the big ‘Apollo’ written across it. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Art, Identity, Mythology, 0 Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter
+ I start a picture and I finish it. Author, October 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Creation, Persistence, Process, 0 Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter
+ Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Attention, Fire, Help, 0 Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter
+ Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I’ll do some great, awful painting about her. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Art, Emotion, Relationships, 0 Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter
I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment. Frank Zappa Musician · USA
I have been a conspirator for so long that I mistrust all around me. Gamal Abdel Nasser Military officer and politician · Egypt
