When I think about how I want to reach an audience, I just wanted to make pieces that were inspired by something… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
I said, ok, I'll pay the licensing fee it. And [the AP] said, no, we want to claim damages. I said damages?… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
I want to be proud of this country [the USA], but when aspects of our policy don't align with my ethics, I… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
I think the idea of freedom or liberty is really misused for political reasons, but it's something that resonates with people to… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
If the idea that my safety can only be enhanced by putting other people's privacy and safety in danger, then I don't… — Shepard Fairey 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 a few… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Creating is about sharing ideas, sharing aesthetics, sharing what you believe in with other people. — Shepard Fairey 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
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 Copy Share Image
![“I said, ok, I'll pay the licensing fee it. And [the AP] said, no, we want to claim damages. I said damages? Because of my poster the Mannie Garcia picture is now worth more than it ever would have been.” quote by Shepard Fairey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f04/shepard-fairey-7921_claims_i-said-ok-i-ll-pay-the-licensing-fee-it_1194667.jpg)
![“I want to be proud of this country [the USA], but when aspects of our policy don't align with my ethics, I want to protest them and try to change them. Being complicit because it's the home team is nationalism, not patriotism.” quote by Shepard Fairey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fc1/shepard-fairey-7921_aspect_i-want-to-be-proud-of-this-country-the-u_1247998.jpg)
