It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.
Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There’s no gallery show or book or film. It’s pointless. Which hopefully means something.
I’ve never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn’t seem very appealing to me.
I wouldnt want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.
Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.
Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot.
There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.
Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.
I’ve learnt from experience that a painting isn’t finished when you put down your brush – that’s when it starts. The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about it.
Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was.
You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky.
Today’s art has been cancelled due to police activity.
I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.