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 1 Share Now -
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 2 Share Now -
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 3 Share Now -
I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life. - Jean-Michel Basquiat 4 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -