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Checkout quotes by Shepard Fairey on Art

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

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• ‟ I think that art has the ability to capture people's imaginations and make them think that more is possible.

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• ‟ My idea about the role of artists is to get people to look at things in a way that's different than the way they normally would if they are being told how to think, what to do. I think when people receive information through art, they are more open-minded.

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• ‟ 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 important part of getting art out there for me.

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• ‟ The way I make art - the way a lot of people make art - is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important.

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• ‟ If you're creating something that has some sort of cultural currency - if the idea is getting out there - then that will probably yield money in some form, whether it's through selling art or selling books or being asked to give a lecture.

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• ‟ For me, there has always been a disconnect with the sort of elitist structure of the high-art world - and my distaste for that is at odds with my feeling that art should aspire to do great things.

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• ‟ Art shows and the institutions end up being the couriers for culture for the next generation and are an important component as well. It may seem ironic from one perspective, but I think if you look at my overall strategy, it's actually not out of step.

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

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• ‟ I admire Ai Weiwei for his art and his activism. His art is beautiful in form, and in function embodies the principles of populism and social consciousness I aspire to in my own practice.

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• ‟ If I spend time conceiving and making a piece of art, and somebody else sees that it has market value and replicates it in order to steal part of my market, then that's not cool.

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• ‟ I never set out to be a groundbreaking artist in the sense of doing something that's never been done before. I set out to make stuff that communicated quickly and effectively, playing off of advertising, pop art, and pop culture.

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• ‟ I consider myself a multi-platform artist - not just a street artist - but the audience I found through street art has created many of the opportunities I now have on other platforms.

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