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Quote by Jean-Michel Basquiat
I dont think about art when Im working. I try to think about life.

I dont think about art when Im working. I try to think about life. – Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. Id think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix… I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous. – Jean-Michel Basquiat

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famous
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
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I dont listen to what art critics say. I dont know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. – Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Art
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
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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

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Money
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Thats the motivation of an artist – to seek attention of some kind. – James Taylor

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When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art. – Paul Cezanne

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Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Art

The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive. – Robert Hughes

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