Quotes and Sayings about Graffiti & Street Art

Blogging is not writing. It's just graffiti with punctuation.

Dr. Ian Sussman in Contagion

People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish. But that's only if it's done properly.

Banksy in Wall and Piece

T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.

Banksy in Wall and Piece

They say there is a graffiti problem. The only problem with graffiti is that there isn't enough of it.

Banksy in Existencilism

Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss.

Banksy in Banging Your Head Against A Brick Wall

Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw wherever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a living breathing thing which belonged to everybody, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like this and stop leaning against that wall - it's wet.

Banksy in Existencilism

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Philippe: "Tell me Driss, why do you think people are interested in art?"
Driss: "I don't know, it's a business?"
Philippe: "No. That's because it's the only thing one leaves behind."

Driss in Intouchables

Art

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.

Albert Einstein in The World As I See It

Art Science

Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.

Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

Art Truth Politicians

Art is a way of survival.

Art

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once you grow up.

Pablo Picasso

Children & Childhood Art

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Oscar Wilde

Art

A picture means I know where I was every minute. That's why I take pictures. It's a visual diary.

Andy Warhol

Art Photography Pictures

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Pablo Picasso

Art Daily Routine

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

Oscar Wilde

Art

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

Aretha Franklin

Art Self-Confidence Quotes to think about

I like that about art, that what you see is sometimes more about who you are than what’s on the wall. I look at this painting and think about how everyone has some secret inside, something sleeping like that yellow bird.

Cath Crowley in Graffiti Moon

Art

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

Charles Bukowski

Art

I am an artist... I am here to live out loud.

Emile Zola

Art

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Emile Zola

Art Talent

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

Octavio Paz

Art

As I create art, it is like a love affair. My days go by loving what I do.

Peter Max

Art

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Art Paris

I grew up on the street. No, not the hood. The Sesame Street.

J.D. in Scrubs - Season 8 Episode 5

Sesame Street Street

No street is too long with a friend by your side.

Japanese Saying

Friendship Street

They say the open road helps you think about where you've been, where you're going.

Dominic Toretto in Fast and Furious

Street

You can't find the right roads when the streets are paved.

Bob Marley

Street

There is only one street where that is normal. Here's a hint: A giant yellow bird lives on it.

Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother - Season 5 Episode 23

Street

Normality is a paved toad; It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow.

Vincent van Gogh

Street Craziness & Weirdness Normality

So many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes.

Sarah Jessica Parker

Life Decisions Street

Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.

Jerry Seinfeld

Character Decisions Street

Every street leads to the end of the world.

Friedrich Schiller in William Tell

Street

These days, space is less dangerous than the streets of Berlin.

Wernher von Braun

Street Berlin Space

I mean, they say dou die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.

Banksy

Memories Death Names Breathing

If you only ever read one book in your life I highly recommend... keeping your f*cking mouth shut.

Banksy in Cut It Out

Reading

A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.

Banksy in Wall and Piece

Mother Mother & Daughter Mother & Son

You don't need planning permission to build castles in the sky.

Banksy

Imagination Positive Quotes

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

Banksy

Art

One original thought is worth 1000 meaningless quotes.

Banksy

Quotes to think about Quotes

I want to live in a world created by art, not just decorated with it.

Banksy

Art

People who should be shot:
Fascist thugs,
religious fundamentalists,
people who write lists telling you who should be shot.

Banksy in Wall and Piece

Somewhere in the world the wrong pig met up with the wrong bat.

Dr. Ally Hextall in Contagion

Right now, our best defense has been social distancing. No hand shaking, staying home when you're sick, washing your hands frequently.

Dr. Ellis Cheever in Contagion

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