I love graffiti because it enables kids from every social extraction to do something that brings them closer to art, when they normally wouldn't be stimulated to be visually creative. Graffiti helps to develop an awareness of immediate expressive and… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
I love biographies. I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I'm into that time frame in New York, the '70s and '80s. In art school, I read 'Close to the Knives,' the autobiography of the artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz. — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
I love graffiti because it enables kids from every social extraction to do something that brings them closer to art, when they normally wouldn't… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
If I could get the respect of 14-year-olds, I'm happy. They're the toughest audience. — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
I like the idea that you can paint something outdoors, and anyone can see it. It's open to anyone, and people have to deal… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite pieces are from thrift shops. When I find something I really love, I live, work and sleep in it. — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
That's immediately how I gauge how healthy a city is-by the amount of tags. It's just in direct competition with advertising. It's still one… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
Street artists need to get back to actually doing things on the streets instead of in the galleries where they all seem to be… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace. — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world. — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
I want to do just, like, regular art. Whatever is made today on canvas goes up against all of art history. Its the most… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
I read in a weird way. It comes in waves, and then I start, like, five different books at once. It takes me six… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
As soon as I start reading, drawing comes to me more easily. I find I work in my sketchbooks more. But if I'm working… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
I have tons of art books. I have them all over the place. They are in my car, in my bag, and in my… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
