Art Quote by M.I.A

I don't have this obsessive need to do street art all the time because it's already opened doors for me.

— Shepard Fairey

When you walk down the street and see something in a crazy spot, there's something powerful about that. The street will always be an…

— Shepard Fairey

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

The Internet wasn't even an option for me, so one of the reasons I was so motivated to do street art was because there…

— Shepard Fairey

I didn't expect to become an artist. I was not comfortable going out on the road.

— Todd Rundgren

As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'

— Barry McGee

A lot of people thought I got famous as a studio artist, then decided to cash in on it. But it actually was just…

— Shepard Fairey

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

I gave up language for a while, and I started painting.And then I only listened to Miles Davis and other instrumental music to see…

— Rosanne Cash

The best art is on the street.

— Maurizio Cattelan

When you are an artist, you want your audience to think its effortless and easy.

— Charles Fleischer

Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.

— Marilyn Manson