“Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.”

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.

People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.

Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.

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

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

When he time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don’t make any fuss.

The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.

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.

If you have a statue in the city centre you could go past it every day on your way to school and never even notice it, right. But as soon as someone puts a traffic cone on its head, you’ve made your own sculpture.

Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It’s yours to take, rearrange and re-use. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.

The day I take either my body or my work for granted will be the day you hear that I’ve smashed every inch of myself to pieces.

A space where the conversation surrounding the issues in our country is offering a seat at the table to all the voices to be heard, a murder mystery, and grassroots look at our own humanity as we move through the parts and pieces of the story.

Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces.

[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.

For as from the same piece of clay a potter may fashion either a pot or a tile, so the Devil may shape a witch into a wolf or a cat or even a goat, without subtracting from her and without adding to her at all.

So, I’m an old fashioned still in this regard but these are the moment where I really can be creative, if I am, to be left alone with just a book and piece of paper and to be thinking.

[Henry] James is much more complex than Jane Austen. That’s why it’s not so easy to adapt him.