July 7, 1986: Montreux It is only now that I realize the importance of a biography. I mean I always have realized that I enjoy to read (and have learned many things from) the biographies of artists whom I admire. It is probably my main source of education. In the beginning of my “career” (what an awful word) I was misled by a teacher who thought the things I was writing to be pretentious and self important. Years later, when I read those things I wrote in 1978, it didn’t seem so pretentious for almost everything I wrote about “wanting to do, ” I actually did in the four or five years that followed. Keith Haring
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When I read this quote, I suddenly understood the truth behind what my life has been so far. I always knew that I loved to read and learn from the lives of others, but I never realized the importance of these two things. It was so interesting to find out that by following other people's lives, I was actually able to learn valuable life lessons myself. I now understand that my first book was not as important as it should have been and that everything I learned about writing throughout the years is valuable and should be followed by others.

Source: Keith Haring Journals

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