Most inspiration still comes from bicycling around San Francisco. This city never fails to inspire me. It is one of the most vibrant cities - especially visually - with a constant influx of young energy arriving daily. I love it. — 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
Most inspiration still comes from bicycling around San Francisco. This city never fails to inspire me. It is one of the most vibrant cities… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
I see a really good tag on a building, a man passed out in the middle of the street, a couple hugging, a cop… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
For me, graffiti means making marks on surfaces using just about anything, be it markers, spray, paint, chalk, lipstick, varnish, ink. Or it can… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
