Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes

The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.

Words mean more than we mean to express when we use them: so a whole book ought to mean a great deal more than the writer meant.

The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.

For me, I want to find the truth in the word and the character and the line.

When it comes down to, it's not about the form, it's about the content.

I worry about images. Images are what things mean.

Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn't mean it's not important or relevant.

The words that are coming out of my mouth and how I mean them, it's so much different.

In every object there is inexhaustible meaning.

Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it.

Everything means something.

A sign is always less than the thing it points to, and a symbol is always more than we can understand at first sight. Therefore we stop at the sign but go on to the goal it indicates; but we remain with the symbol because it promises more than it reveals.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

When does an object become a symbol? All I know is you cannot force it.

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

I like everything I do to have some kind of meaning.

Everything has a meaning, if only we could read it.

The medium is the message.

It's the story that counts.

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

I got sent some cheese once. I'm not sure if that was saying something about my act, or just because I like cheese.

Meaning, however, is no great matter.

There is a profound difference between information and meaning.