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Artivist Inspirational Quotes (96)

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Do you know what it takes to do [a global art project]? People, energy, glue.
JR
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Can art change the world? Maybe ... we should change the question: Can art change people's lives?
JR
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Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
Banksy
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Art isn't supposed to change the world, but it can.
JR
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Like my daddy always said, where there's a way, there's a will.
JR
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It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.
Banksy
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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.
JR
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My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
Banksy
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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.
Banksy
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If you don't own a train company then you go and paint on one instead... it all comes from that thing at school when you had to have name tags in the back of something... that makes it belong to you. You can own half the city by scribbling your name over it.
Banksy
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Painting something that defies the law of the land is good. Painting something that defies the law of the land and the law of gravity at the same time is ideal.
Banksy
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Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy.
JR
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The time of getting fame for your name on its own is over. Artwork that is only about wanting to be famous will never make you famous. Any fame is a by-product of making something that means something. You don't go to a restaurant and order a meal because you want to have a sh*t.
Banksy
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The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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I never forget those who do me a favor, and I never forget those who don't!
JR
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Every single line means something.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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The more I paint the more I like everything.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website - but on the internet, people only look at pictures of kittens.
Banksy
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There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.
Banksy
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The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.
Banksy
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All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?
Banksy
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People either love me or they hate me, or they don't really care.
Banksy
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