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> [Art is one of the few places where you can put it in a constructive way where it won't burn you up inside or hurt anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/art-is-one-of-the-few-places-where-you-can-put-it-in-a-constructive/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

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## More by Eric Drooker

> [Everyone wants to be part of the 99%, even the cops are like, "No, no, man. I'm part of the 99% too." No one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/everyone-wants-to-be-part-of-the-99-even-the-cops-are-like-no-no-man/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [I think for an artist there are so many things to make pictures of now, that everyone else may be suffering, but at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/i-think-for-an-artist-there-are-so-many-things-to-make-pictures-of/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [In the U.S., ironically, people work longer hours in the U.S. than they do in Europe or in any other industrialized country. They seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/in-the-u-s-ironically-people-work-longer-hours-in-the-u-s-than-they/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [Americans didn't really have any experience with something as basic as "community."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/americans-didn-t-really-have-any-experience-with-something-as-basic/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [The trick is not to look back, but keep on expressing where I'm at now. It's challenging to create something new, so it's crucial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/the-trick-is-not-to-look-back-but-keep-on-expressing-where-i-m-at-now/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [Street posters allowed you to have the last word. If you put them up in your neighborhood, you were speaking to your neighbor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/street-posters-allowed-you-to-have-the-last-word-if-you-put-them-up/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [Art makes people do a double take and then, if they're looking at the picture, maybe they'll read the text under it that says,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/art-makes-people-do-a-double-take-and-then-if-they-re-looking-at-the/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [There's so much tragedy in people that we see every day that we don't have to make anything up. We don't have to invent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/there-s-so-much-tragedy-in-people-that-we-see-every-day-that-we-don-t/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [The unusual thing about doing street poster art - or something with a conscious social critique in it - is that the artist thinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/the-unusual-thing-about-doing-street-poster-art-or-something-with-a/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [Everything you do is political, even if it's abstract. You're making a political statement even if it's unwittingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/everything-you-do-is-political-even-if-it-s-abstract-you-re-making-a/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [By the time I was in my early-twenties and was living there on the Lower East Side, I was so surrounded by tragedy that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/by-the-time-i-was-in-my-early-twenties-and-was-living-there-on-the/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [Street art is about as religious as I get - that's my faith, that even if people screen it out and didn't think they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/street-art-is-about-as-religious-as-i-get-that-s-my-faith-that-even/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [Illustrators are usually illustrating something big or commercial if not outright advertising. It's a form of prostitution, but that's cool because we don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/illustrators-are-usually-illustrating-something-big-or-commercial-if/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [The problem with prostitution in my experience is that it's often unsatisfying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/the-problem-with-prostitution-in-my-experience-is-that-it-s-often/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

> [There's the fact that animation is extremely time-consuming, tedious, labor-intensive, and therefore, extremely expensive as an art form to really do it right, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/there-s-the-fact-that-animation-is-extremely-time-consuming-tedious/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

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