Graffiti Quotes

If Graffiti is art and art is a crime then how come piccaso never done time?

Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss.

People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly.

After pop art, graffiti is probably the biggest art movement in recent history to have such an impact on culture.

Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.

Graffiti doesn't exist unless someone got a photo, because it's gone immediately.

Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.

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.

Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don't need an education to understand it, and there's no admission fee.

One piece of graffiti doesn't mean much. Forty pieces of graffiti might mean something... It's all about connecting the dots.

Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.

A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.

Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop.

Graffiti is a pathetic attempt at anonymous recognition.

When you can't think of anything else, photograph graffiti, nudes, or plants.

Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don't like to use the word 'art' at all.

I've never really considered myself just a street artist. I consider myself a populist.

I don't think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it.

Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.

Look at the blogosphere - the biggest lavatory wall in the universe, a palimpsest of graffiti and execration.

The mistake that was made in the '70s is we stopped policing the streets, we stopped cleaning the streets, we stopped cleaning the graffiti off buildings, we stopped supporting our cultural institutions and building parks and schools and all those kinds of things.

Should #‎ graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that

Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was

Obviously murder and graffiti are two vastly different crimes. But they are part of the same continuum, and a climate that tolerates one is more likely to tolerate the other.

It's strange with graffiti. You put a lot out, but you don't get that much back because not many people know who's doing it. You have your peers of about 10 guys who know you are the one painting.