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Keith Haring Quotes

Nothing is important... so everything is important Picture Quote #1

Art is for everybody Picture Quote #1

I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it’s important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that Picture Quote #1

Red is one of the strongest colors, it’s blood, it has a power with the eye. That’s why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well... In fact I use red in all of my paintings Picture Quote #1

If commercialization is putting my art on a shirt so that a kid who can’t afford a $30,000 painting can buy one, then I’m all for it Picture Quote #1

The public needs art - and it is the responsibility of a ‘self-proclaimed artist’ to realize that the public needs art, and not to make bourgeois art for a few and ignore the masses Picture Quote #1

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I grew up in Pennsylvania in a small town. Real small, like one high school and one movie theater. Well, there was a state college there, that was the only good thing about it Picture Quote #1

I didn’t start doing graffiti until two years after I got to New York. Jean Michel Basquiat was one of my main inspirations for doing graffiti. For a year I didn’t know who Jean Michel was, but I knew his work Picture Quote #1

Children are the bearers of life in its simplest and most joyous form. Children are color-blind and still free of all the complications, greed, and hatred that will slowly be instilled in them through life Picture Quote #1

I’ve always wanted to work for Walt Disney. That’s what I thought I was going to do when I grew up Picture Quote #1

There is nothing that makes me happier than making a child smile Picture Quote #1

Art is nothing if you don’t reach every segment of the people Picture Quote #1

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Pure art exists only on the level of instant response to pure life Picture Quote #1

The best reason to paint is that there is no reason to paint Picture Quote #1

Everybody draws when they are little Picture Quote #1

Children know something that most people have forgotten Picture Quote #1

I have been enlightened. I have fallen into poetry and it has swallowed me up Picture Quote #1

See, when I paint, it is an experience that, at its best, is transcending reality Picture Quote #1

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When I die there is nobody to take my place Picture Quote #1

The only way art lives is through the experience of the observer. The reality of art begins with the eyes of the beholder, through imagination, invention and confrontation Picture Quote #1

Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic Picture Quote #1

My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can Picture Quote #1

Red is one of the strongest colors, it’s blood, it has a power with the eye. That’s why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well... In fact I use red in all of my paintings Picture Quote #1

I don’t think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it Picture Quote #1

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The dripping... well, if it happens, it happens; it does not take anything from the work. The dripping just proves that you were not trying to control the work, but the work was developing by itself and if it drips, its a natural part in the evolution of the work Picture Quote #1

There are some images that I will only use once, and not use again because they don’t seem to really hit the nail right on the head, but there are some which are so strong they have to be reduced; sometimes just reusing them makes them stronger Picture Quote #1

When it is working, you completely go into another place, you’re tapping into things that are totally universal, completely beyond your ego and your own self. That’s what it’s all about Picture Quote #1

The best reason to paint is that there is no reason to paint... I’d like to pretend that I’ve never seen anything, never read anything, never heard anything... and then make something... Every time I make something I think about the people who are going to see it and every time I see something, I think about the person who made it... Nothing is important... so everything is important Picture Quote #1

Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don’t do it for anyone else Picture Quote #1

People were more interested in the phenomena than the art itself. This, combined with the growing interest in collecting art as an investment and the resultant boom in the art market, made it a difficult time for a young artist to remain sincere without becoming cynical Picture Quote #1

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Nothing is important... so everything is important (Keith Haring Quotes) Art is for everybody (Keith Haring Quotes) I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it’s important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that. (Keith Haring Quotes) Red is one of the strongest colors, it’s blood, it has a power with the eye. That’s why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well... In fact I use red in all of my paintings. (Keith Haring Quotes) If commercialization is putting my art on a shirt so that a kid who can’t afford a $30,000 painting can buy one, then I’m all for it. (Keith Haring Quotes) The public needs art - and it is the responsibility of a ‘self-proclaimed artist’ to realize that the public needs art, and not to make bourgeois art for a few and ignore the masses. (Keith Haring Quotes) I grew up in Pennsylvania in a small town. Real small, like one high school and one movie theater. Well, there was a state college there, that was the only good thing about it (Keith Haring Quotes) I didn’t start doing graffiti until two years after I got to New York. Jean Michel Basquiat was one of my main inspirations for doing graffiti. For a year I didn’t know who Jean Michel was, but I knew his work (Keith Haring Quotes) Children are the bearers of life in its simplest and most joyous form. Children are color-blind and still free of all the complications, greed, and hatred that will slowly be instilled in them through life (Keith Haring Quotes) I’ve always wanted to work for Walt Disney. That’s what I thought I was going to do when I grew up (Keith Haring Quotes) There is nothing that makes me happier than making a child smile (Keith Haring Quotes) Art is nothing if you don’t reach every segment of the people (Keith Haring Quotes) Pure art exists only on the level of instant response to pure life (Keith Haring Quotes) The best reason to paint is that there is no reason to paint (Keith Haring Quotes) Everybody draws when they are little (Keith Haring Quotes) Children know something that most people have forgotten (Keith Haring Quotes) I have been enlightened. I have fallen into poetry and it has swallowed me up (Keith Haring Quotes) See, when I paint, it is an experience that, at its best, is transcending reality (Keith Haring Quotes) When I die there is nobody to take my place (Keith Haring Quotes) The only way art lives is through the experience of the observer. The reality of art begins with the eyes of the beholder, through imagination, invention and confrontation (Keith Haring Quotes) Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic (Keith Haring Quotes) My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can (Keith Haring Quotes) Red is one of the strongest colors, it’s blood, it has a power with the eye. That’s why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well... In fact I use red in all of my paintings (Keith Haring Quotes) I don’t think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it (Keith Haring Quotes) The dripping... well, if it happens, it happens; it does not take anything from the work. The dripping just proves that you were not trying to control the work, but the work was developing by itself and if it drips, its a natural part in the evolution of the work (Keith Haring Quotes) There are some images that I will only use once, and not use again because they don’t seem to really hit the nail right on the head, but there are some which are so strong they have to be reduced; sometimes just reusing them makes them stronger (Keith Haring Quotes) When it is working, you completely go into another place, you’re tapping into things that are totally universal, completely beyond your ego and your own self. That’s what it’s all about (Keith Haring Quotes) The best reason to paint is that there is no reason to paint... I’d like to pretend that I’ve never seen anything, never read anything, never heard anything... and then make something... Every time I make something I think about the people who are going to see it and every time I see something, I think about the person who made it... Nothing is important... so everything is important (Keith Haring Quotes) Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don’t do it for anyone else (Keith Haring Quotes) People were more interested in the phenomena than the art itself. This, combined with the growing interest in collecting art as an investment and the resultant boom in the art market, made it a difficult time for a young artist to remain sincere without becoming cynical (Keith Haring Quotes)

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