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Inspirational Art Quotes by the American
expressionist artist Jean Michel Basquiat
born Jean Michel Basquiat - New York,
USA - 22nd of December, 1960 / Died - 12th
of August, 1988 - USA
Popular Jean Michel Basquiat works include
graffiti influenced naive, expressionist paintings,
often including text and images from popular
culture. Many paintings were also painted
on found objects, old boards, and furniture.
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+ I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think
about art while I work. I try to think about life.
+ I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of
my life.
+ I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract
expressionist, or I'd draw a ram's head, really
messy. I'd never win painting contests. I remember
losing to a guy who did a perfect spiderman.
+ 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.
+ Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
+ Since I was 17 I thought I might be a star.
SAMO Graffiti - Basquiat began as a graffiti
artist, signing his name as SAMO. Below are a few
SAMO sayings or SAMO quotes..
SAMO as a neo art form.
SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere
politics and bogus philosophy.
SAMO as an escape clause.
SAMO as an end to playing art.
SAMO as an end to bogus pseudo intellectual. My
mouth, therefore an error. Plush safe.. he think.
SAMO as an alternative 2 playing art with the 'radical
chic' sect on Daddy's $ funds.
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