"The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them." - Jean-Michel Basquiat

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I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.

Source note: Documented in Basquiat-isms (Princeton UP)

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I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.

Source note: Reflects his documented artistic practice

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I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

Source note: Documented in interviews

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