88 Quotes by Shepard Fairey

Creating is about sharing ideas, sharing aesthetics, sharing what you believe in with other people.

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

I’ve never had an original thought in my lifeand there’s tons of people on the internet happy to tell me just that.

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.

Public art is ephemeral by nature. Google ’s new project not only catalogs an artist’s work but archives it and allows people to see the art long after it has disappeared.

I’m mischievous. The idea of taking risks and having real-world consequences energizes me.

I think the freedom to express one’s views is more important than intellectual property.

There’s good and bad in every arena. It’s funny, some people, the reason they’re in the underground is because they’re lazy and don’t make things happen for themselves.

The problem with copyright enforcement is that when the parameters aren’t incredibly well defined, it means big corporations, who have deeper pockets and better lawyers, can bully people.