Jean-Michel Basquiat:

I am not a black artist, I am an artist.

— Jean-Michel Basquiat Modern

Neo-expressionist painter

Interview with Henry Geldzahler

1983

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"I'm not a saint."

"I don’t know what my paintings mean. Maybe they mean nothing."

"I'm not a black artist. I'm an artist who happens to be black."

"I don't believe in art for art's sake."

"I paint what I see, what I feel."

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