“I'm mischievous. The idea of taking risks and having real-world consequences energizes me.” WorldIdeasRealRiskConsequenceReal WorldTaking RisksMischievous Author:Shepard Fairey
“When it comes to the street-art world, there are a lot of people who realize if they go out and put up a few pieces of street art and photograph them really well, even if their locations weren't actually that high-profile or dangerous, with the level of exposure they get from the Internet, with a large audience, they can maintain that rebel cache by having it be theoretically documented street art.” PeopleIfsWorldWellsArtRealizingLevelsAudiencePiecesStreetsDangerousInternetPhotographRebelLocationExposureProfileArt WorldHigh ProfileStreet ArtCache 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
“The social and political issues the world faces are bigger than a few leaders. I made a lot of work about corporate influence in government, which is a problem in both parties and under any president.” WorldProblemPoliticalPresidentPartyLeaderInfluence Author:Shepard Fairey
“Art making comes from the human desire to share something that is universal in one sense, but unique to your sensibility in another. I think that, wherever you are in the world, that impulse exists within human beings.” ThinkingWorldArtDesireShareUniqueImpulseSensibility Author:Shepard Fairey
“The world has lost a great musician who will always be an inspiration to me and those at OBEY GIANT.” WorldInspirationLostMusicianGiantsGreat MusicGreat Musician Author:Shepard Fairey
