I don't have this obsessive need to do street art all the time because it's already opened doors for me. — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with. — Banksy Copy Share Image
Street art, unlike graffiti, adds to the environment and is a positive experience for the artist and community. — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I hate the idea of street art. With music, I just needed my brain and my voice, which didn't cost anything. — M.I.A Copy Share Image
In certain places around the world, street art is widely accepted and it is part of the urban environment. — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me. — Banksy Copy Share Image
Street art belongs on the street. But I'm a working street artist and I earn my money selling art in the style… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to wear a mask. If you want to be… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am… — Claes Oldenburg Copy Share Image
I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I consider myself a multi-platform artist - not just a street artist - but the audience I found through street art has… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
Street art is about as religious as I get - that's my faith, that even if people screen it out and didn't… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to… — Banksy Copy Share Image
“I laugh at the way some people think graffiti is all selfish tagging and vandalism. Thoughtful street art is like good fiction… — Carla H. Krueger Copy Share Image
The Internet doesn't always play a great role for art, especially art in the street, as people take what they see for… — JR Copy Share Image
A lot of people thought I got famous as a studio artist, then decided to cash in on it. But it actually… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
I felt saddened and confused to discover my favorite mural gone, but also hopeful that another one may be in the works.… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
When it comes to the street-art world, there are a lot of people who realize if they go out and put up… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
I'm interested in confronting police brutality and police abuse of cracking down on street performers and street artists, but also in valorizing… — Kalan Sherrard Copy Share Image
“Design is a fundamental human activity, relevant and useful to everyone. Anything humans create—be it product, communication or system—is a result of… — Maggie Macnab Copy Share Image
The Internet wasn't even an option for me, so one of the reasons I was so motivated to do street art was… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
Street art is designed to be seen out of the corner of your eye, on the hoof. Art that's made for galleries… — Matthew Slotover Copy Share Image
“the fact is, our relationships to these corporations are not unambiguous. some memebers of negativland genuinely liked pepsi products. mca grew up… — Anne Elizabeth Moore Copy Share Image
As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.' — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
I don't want to sell to street art collectors, I want to sell to art collectors. — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
I like the illicit nature of street art, but I won't miss the opportunity to make a nice piece because it is… — Invader Copy Share Image
Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it. — Banksy Copy Share Image
Street art, of course, is political, because it's illegal, so the very act of doing it is an act of defiance. — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else. — Banksy Copy Share Image
People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly. — Banksy Copy Share Image
I'm hoping that Abu Dhabi's first piece of street art will inspire the next generation of artists the same way that the… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
In Afghanistan I was doing street art because it was more open, but when I had a show, only men would come.… — Malina Suliman Copy Share Image
I'm a Banksy fan. I'm also a fan of Chris Hobe, Mister Totem, Drew Wootten, Mad Clout, Hense and Sever, in visual… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Melbourne, where I grew up, is one of the street art capitals of the world. Something about discovering freshly painted walls always… — Penelope Mitchell Copy Share Image
