Art Quote by Trevor Paglen

The art that I do is for the people. It is about engaging a new audience who wouldn't necessarily go to art galleries and…

— Ben Eine

I don't need art to tell me people are assholes. I can just go into the streets.

— Etgar Keret

I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many.

— Robert Indiana

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

— Shepard Fairey

I love the idea of bringing my work to the general public, not just people who go to gallery openings.

— Marco Brambilla

Part of what I do and what I want to do is I want to bring art into the everyday life. If you can…

— Kenny Scharf

If you have the opportunity for your art to meet activism, you shouldn't pass that up when it comes your way.

— Regina King

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

— Shepard Fairey

Street art belongs on the street. But I'm a working street artist and I earn my money selling art in the style of street…

— Ben Eine

Certainly, a gallery has to sell your work, so they'll be very frightened of you doing anything too different, and that can be difficult,…

— Catherine Yass

If I don't have anything better to do that day, I'll copy paintings, generally by people who have some relationship to the work of…

— Wayne Thiebaud