Abuse Quote by Kalan Sherrard

I like the illicit nature of street art, but I won't miss the opportunity to make a nice piece because it is legal.

— Invader

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

— Shepard Fairey

We must infuse our lives with art. Our national leaders must be informed that we want them to use our taxes to support street…

— Maya Angelou

I think that street art is illegal and it has to stay illegal.

— Invader

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

Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.

— Marina Abramovic

There is something wrong with a work of art if it can be understood by a policeman.

— Patrick Kavanagh

Infiltrating the mainstream was a natural extension of my street art. I've always tried to communicate ideas to the public as directly as possible.

— Eric Drooker

Art is no crime. It's every artist's responsibility to make art that is meaningful

— Shirin Neshat

I think when something becomes a comfortable genre, it's against what street art stood for in the beginning - breaking out of genres and…

— M.I.A

Performance art is really about the sociology of the artist, where ideas come from, and the confluence of those ideas.

— Roselee Goldberg

Most artists are doing basically the same thing - staying off the streets.

— Edward Ruscha