Protest Quotes by Shepard Fairey

When it comes to the street-art world, there are a lot of people who realize if they go out and put up a few…

— Shepard Fairey

Obama has had a really tough time, but there have been a lot of things that he's compromised on that I never would have…

— Shepard Fairey

I never set out to be a groundbreaking artist in the sense of doing something that's never been done before. I set out to…

— Shepard Fairey

For me, there has always been a disconnect with the sort of elitist structure of the high-art world - and my distaste for that…

— Shepard Fairey

If you're creating something that has some sort of cultural currency - if the idea is getting out there - then that will probably…

— Shepard Fairey

Every spoof gives more power to the original.

— Shepard Fairey

There's good and bad in every arena. It's funny, some people, the reason they're in the underground is because they're lazy and don't make…

— Shepard Fairey

I consider myself a multi-platform artist - not just a street artist - but the audience I found through street art has created many…

— Shepard Fairey

There are too many bad policy choices to go into that are being pushed by the Trump Administration, but the relaxation of environmental regulations…

— Shepard Fairey

Creating is about sharing ideas, sharing aesthetics, sharing what you believe in with other people.

— Shepard Fairey

Street art, of course, is political, because it's illegal, so the very act of doing it is an act of defiance.

— Shepard Fairey

People romanticize struggle and obscurity, and I get that, but it's a very one-dimensional argument to say that people who have money are evil,…

— Shepard Fairey