Jean-Michel Basquiat

I'm not a graffiti artist. I'm an artist.

I just want to make my art. That's all that matters.

I'm not interested in what's fashionable. I'm interested in what's real.

I don't have to be understood. I just have to exist.

I'm not a black painter. I'm a painter who is black.

I just want to create. That's my purpose.

I don't have to be happy. I just have to paint.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a regular person.

I just want to keep working. That's all.

I'm not interested in being popular. I'm interested in being good.