“I think the freedom to express one's views is more important than intellectual property.” ThinkingImportantViewsIntellectualPropertyIntellectual Property Author:Shepard Fairey
“A lot of people thought I got famous as a studio artist, then decided to cash in on it. But it actually was just a matter of survival for many years, and I felt it was really important for me to be able to say whatever I wanted with my street art and fine art.” PeopleYearsArtImportantMatterAbleWantedArtistFeltStreetsFineSurvivalDecidedStudiosCashFine ArtsStreet Art Author:Shepard Fairey
“I do think that copyrights and intellectual property are important - it's important to be able to keep people from making verbatim copies of a particular creation that could somehow hurt the creator. 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.” PeopleIfsThinkingArtImportantAbleValuesOrderHurtPiecesCreationParticularIntellectualPropertyCreatorStealingCopiesEnd TimesSpend TimeCopyrightIntellectual PropertyReplicateConceiving Author:Shepard Fairey
“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. It's about making a work that is inspired by something preexisting but changes it to have a new value and meaning that doesn't in any way take away from the original - and, in fact, might provide the original with a second life or a new audience.” PeopleWayArtImportantFactsMightValuesLanguageAudienceCommunicationArt IsOriginalsInspiredExtensionsLanguage And Communication Author:Shepard Fairey
“Skateboarding has always been and continues to be creative and rebellious. Art and design are an extremely important part of skateboard culture, even if it's not recognized by the more elitist or pretentious members of the art world. Skateboarding itself requires creative adaptation to the streets and obstacles. My background as a skateboarder helped me to be a better street artist because I was already conditioned to look at the terrain opportunistically.” WorldArtImportantArtistCultureCreativeDesignObstaclesBe CreativeAdaptationRebelliousPretentiousElitistSkateboardingSkateboarder Author:Shepard Fairey
“Free speech is important whether you like what's being said or not. The reason why it's so important is that the entire spectrum of ideas needs to be heard so that the best ones are embraced and rise to the top. If you're a liberal and don't like conservative speech and you try to stifle that conservative speech, you need to be prepared for your own progressive speech to be stifled when the power shifts out of your favor.” TryingImportantReasonConservativeProgressiveFree SpeechBe Prepared Author:Shepard Fairey
“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.” PeopleWayArtImportantLanguageCommunicationArt IsExtensionsGraffitiLanguage And Communication Author:Shepard Fairey
“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.” IfsThinkingWellsLooksMayArtImportantEndsShowsSeemsCultureNextStepsGenerationsPerspectiveInstitutionsStrategyIronicComponentsNext GenerationGraffiti Author:Shepard Fairey
