“It doesn’t take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.”

I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.

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.

Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.

I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.

The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.

You owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.

I love the way capitalism finds a place – even for its enemies.

Nothing is black and white, and there is no purity and there is no such thing has justice.

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.

But there’s no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We’re not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it’s hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.

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.

I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.

All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They’ve been used to start revolutions and to stop wars

Stencils are good for two reasons; one – they’re quick; two – they annoy idiots.

It’s a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.

A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.

It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.

The gap between brute power and human need continues to grow, as the power fattens on the same faulty technology that intensifies the need.

Sleep is such a potent, liminal state, and I don’t want to drag anything in there that doesn’t need to be there.

Listen to your dreams. They are the whispers of your heart telling you all you’ll ever need to be happy.

Nature needs no help, just no interference.

[P]eople need to use their intelligence to evaluate what they find to be true and untrue in the Bible. This is how we need to live life generally.

I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.