Basquiat’s exhibition was very fulfilling to see at the Brooklyn Museum. It reaffirmed that anyone can thrive in what they are doing if there is passion involved. A quote from Basquiat stated that he “cross[ed] out words so [we] will see them more. The fact that they are obscured makes [us] want to read them.” I found this quote to be true, because every time he had words crossed out, scratched out, or were somehow harder to read, i tried harder to read the words underneath and wanted to understand why the words were crossed out in the first place. I wanted to understand his purpose. and art is art.