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Quote by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. Id think about

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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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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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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One of the hardest things for me, now that Im famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique. – Ken Follet

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I became famous almost before I had a craft. – Farrah Fawcett

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