58 Quotes by JR

I want to create the largest-ever participatory art project and highlight the concept of Shadow Philanthropy, where people help others create work without taking credit for it - through this we can really change the world.

The fact that I stay anonymous means I can exhibit wherever I want. No one knows my name, so it's easy for me to travel.

The beauty of an art project is that you cannot always measure the impact, but one day it can become clear.

I am an all-surface wallpaper man that retired to become a printer.

I should never impose an image forever. I like how ephemeral it can be.

I started when I was 15 years old. And at that time, I was not thinking about changing the world, I was doing graffiti - writing my name everywhere, using the city as a canvas. I was going in the tunnels of Paris, on the rooftops with my friends. Each trip was an excursion, was an adventure.

When you're in New York, people don't say, 'We're happy you came to New York.' In D.C., people thank you for coming here and bringing art here.

Art is not meant to change the world.

My parents were born abroad. I was born in France, but I feel comfortable everywhere - I don't see the borders.